RFTSat 1 (Radio Frequency Tag Satellite, NNUSat-2)

RFTSat 1
RFTSat 1
RFTSat 1
Spacecraft RFTSat 1 (Radio Frequency Tag Satellite, NNUSat-2)
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status Reentry 2023-06-21. Was operational? (No public news found post-launch last checked on 2019-09-25)
Launched 2019-07-25
NORAD ID 44417
Deployer Slingshot / Equalizer [SEOPS]
Launcher Falcon 9 (CRS-18)
Deployment Deployed from Cygnus on 2019-08-07
Organization Northwest Nazarene University
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Nation US
Oneliner

Collect space weather data wirelessly from an energy harvesting RF tag.

Description

Collect space weather data wirelessly from an energy harvesting RF tag. Demonstrate data collection with different distances between the reader and tag. Provide sustained data throughout the satellite’s life RFTSat subsystems will be built primarily using commercial off the shelf (COTS) components. Test a system for deploying small, wireless sensor tags from the spacecraft that harvest RF energy and communicate with the spacecraft using a backscatter radio.

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Last modified: 2023-12-13

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