Name | ORCASat (ORCA2Sat, ORCA2Sa, Optical and radio calibration of atmospheric attenuation CubeSat, Optical and Radio Calibration Satellite, Optical Reference Calibration Satellite) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 2U |
Status | Operational? (No news found and PE0SAT says it will only be active over their ground station as of 2022-12-31) |
Launched | 2022-11-26 |
NORAD ID | ? |
Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
Launcher | Falcon 9 (CRS-26) |
Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2022-12-29 |
Organisation | University of Victoria |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | Canada |
Oneliner |
Calibrate optical and radio observatories in to reduce uncertainties in measurements of the Universe expansion rate. |
Description |
The primary mission of ORCASat is student education and highly qualified personnel training in aerospace engineering through having university students at the undergraduate and graduate level undertake a real life satellite mission. |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] |
Photo Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] |
Last modified: 2022-12-31
Detailed ORCA2Sat entry in the Database
Full Nanosats Database (much more data)