Name | Pegasus (AT03) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 2U |
Status | Operational (Telemetry on official website last updated on 2023-06-07 last checked 2023-06-08) |
Launched | 2017-06-23 |
NORAD ID | 42784 |
Deployer | QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace] |
Launcher | PSLV (QB50) |
Organisation | University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | Austria |
Launch brokerer | ISILaunch |
Partners | QB50, Vienna Technical Universety |
Oneliner |
Part of QB50 to study lower termosphere. |
Description |
Multi-needle Langmuir probes (mNLP) for the QB50 project and will provide information about essential properties of the plasma in the thermosphere such as the electron temperature and –density. Features a Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) as propulsion unit. QB50. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Photo sources | [1] [2] |
Keywords | Propulsion |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
Detailed Pegasus entry in the Database
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