| Spacecraft name | MiRaTA (Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration) |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 3U |
| Status | Was operational until 2018-01-25, both radios lost. (CubeSat Developers Workshop 2018, listed as Failure in NASA's CubeSat Fleet Missions Database as of 2022-01-01) |
| Launched | 2017-11-14 |
| NORAD ID | 43015 |
| Deployer | P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer) |
| Launcher | Delta II |
| Entity name | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Country | US |
| Launch brokerer | Tyvak, ? |
| Partners | NASA Earth Science Technology Office |
| Oneliner |
Validate new technologies in both passive microwave radiometry and GPS radio occultation. |
| Description |
Validate new technologies in both passive microwave radiometry and GPS radio occultation. New ultra-compact and low-power technology for multi-channel and multi-band and passive microwave radiometers and new GPS receiver and patch antenna array technology for GPS radio occultation retrieval of both temperature-pressure profiles in the atmosphere and electron density profiles in the ionosphere. In addition will test a new approach to spaceborne microwave radiometer calibration using adjacent GPSRO measurements. |
| Results |
Marked as Failure in the NASA SmallSat/CubeSat Fleet Missions Database. |
| Failure cause | Lost contact with primary radio and then unsuccessful reprogram of backup radio was last contact. |
| Sources | [1] |
| Photo sources | [1] |
Last modified: 2023-12-26
