Prometheus 2

Prometheus 2
Prometheus 2
Prometheus 2
Prometheus 2
Prometheus 2
Prometheus 2
Prometheus 2
Name Prometheus 2
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 1.5U
Organisation USSOCOM (US Special Operations Command)
Institution Military
Entity Government (Civil / Military)
Nation US
Manufacturer AIVT by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Oneliner

Demonstrate improved CubeSat platform.

Description

Improving from lessons learned on Block 1. Replacing single coil with 3 torque rods, increasing momentum wheel storage, adding star field sensor, adding GPS receiver. Possibility to add 1.5U payload at the end of the satellite.

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Photo Sources [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Spacecraft

Name Status Launch Orbit
Prometheus 2.1 Operational? (No public news found) 2016-11-11 580 km, 97.8 deg
Prometheus 2.3 Operational? (No public news found) 2016-11-11 580 km, 97.8 deg
Prometheus 2.2 Operational? (No public news found, but likely operational. NORAD ID is unclear and possibly wrong in Space-Track) 2017-08-26 400 x 600 km, 24.5 deg
Prometheus 2.4 Operational? (No public news found, but likely operational. NORAD ID is unclear and possibly wrong in Space-Track) 2017-08-26 400 x 600 km, 24.5 deg
Prometheus 2 Mass Dummy Reentry 2021-07-27. Passive mass dummy? (According to Jonathan McDowell) 2019-06-25 300 x 800 km, 28.5 deg
Prometheus 2.6 Reentry 2022-02-12. Was operational? (Likely operational) 2019-06-25 300 x 800 km, 28.5 deg
Prometheus 2.7 (Prometheus-B2) Reentry 2022-05-20. Was operational? (Likely operational) 2019-06-29 450 km, 45 deg
Prometheus 2.9 (Prometheus-B2, 2-9) Reentry 2022-06-06. Was operational? (Likely operational) 2019-06-29 450 km, 45 deg
Prometheus 2.8 (Prometheus-05) Reentry 2023-04-27. Was operational? 2021-01-17 500 km, 60.7 deg
Prometheus 2.11 Operational? 2021-01-17 500 km, 60.7 deg
Prometheus 2.10 (P2-10) Operational? 2021-01-24 525 km, 97.5 deg
Prometheus 2.5 not launched 2023-12-30 not launched

Last modified: 2022-12-29
Detailed Prometheus 2 entry in the Database
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