NMTSat @ Nanosats Database

Name	NMTSat (New Mexico Tech Nanosatellite)
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	No signal (Smallsat 2020 and tweet from Jonathan McDowell on 2019-03-04)
Launched	2018-12-16
NORAD ID	43851?
Deployer	RailPOD [Tyvak]
Launcher	Electron
Organisation	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Nation	US
Launch brokerer	TriSept
Oneliner	Correlating state-of-health information from the spacecraft with space weather in LEO and ELROI Optical Satellite License Plate.
Description	Correlating state-of-health information from the spacecraft with space weather in low Earth orbit (LEO). Consist of five instruments built in-house including: a magnetometer, a Langmuir plasma probe, a dosimeter, a state-of-the-art structural health monitor and an electrical health monitor. ELROI, the Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier, is a new concept that can provide a self-powered satellite identification beacon in a package the size of a thick postage stamp. Its small size, low cost, and fully autonomous operation make it usable by all space objects, including CubeSats and inert debris objects. The beacon’s signal is received on the ground using a small telescope equipped with a photon-counting detector which can unambiguously determine the satellite identification number during a single pass overhead. Additional information can be included in the signal to aid in anomaly diagnosis and resolution, further improving spaceflight reliability and safety.
Results	Failed to contact ground stations following launch. Tried to look for the optical signal from the ELROI on the cubesat based on the orbital elements of the various unidentified objects associated with the launch, but failed to see anything.
Sources	[1] [2] [3]
Photo Sources	[1]
Keywords	License Plate Identification Tag, Tracking Enhancement Device

Last modified: 2023-01-06
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