OPS-Cube (Optical Plasma Spectroscopy CubeSat, OPS Cube)

OPS-Cube
Spacecraft name OPS-Cube (Optical Plasma Spectroscopy CubeSat, OPS Cube)
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 6U (1x6U)
Status not launched, expected in 2024
Launcher not launched
Entity name Western Michigan University
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Nation US
Oneliner

Demonstrate space-based characterization of an electric propulsion (EP) system using optical emission spectroscopy (OES).

Description

Demonstrate space-based characterization of an electric propulsion (EP) system using optical emission spectroscopy (OES). Through the AFRL University Nanosatellite Program and in collaboration with the WMU Aerospace Laboratory for Plasma Experiments, we are developing a 6U CubeSat that will house a small EP device (a xenon hollow cathode or a pulsed plasma thruster) and an OES system, which will measure light emissions from the EP system.

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Keywords Propulsion

Last modified: 2023-12-15

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