PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator) Spacecraft

Satellite name	PTD-1 (HYDROS, PTHFDR, Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator, NASA PTD-1)
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Status	Reentry 2024-02-03. Was operational until? (CDW 2022 states operational until 2021-05-XX but also mentions extended operations as of 2022-12-26. Marked as Complete in the NASA CubeSat Fleet Database.)
Launched	2021-01-24
NORAD ID	47482
Deployer	QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace]
Launcher	Falcon 9 (Transporter-1) (ELaNa 35) (Spaceflight Sherpa)
Deployment	Deployed from Sherpa on 2021-01-24
Organization	NASA Ames Research Center
Institution	Space agency
Entity type	Government (Civil / Military)
Country	US
Manufacturer	AIVT by Terran Orbital
Partners	Tyvak, NASA Glenn
Oneliner	Demonstrate propulsion systems and CubeSat platform technologies.
Description	Government-furnished technology payloads for a series of flight demonstrations. Fight qualify and characterize a novel micro-electrospray thruster provided by Busek Space Propulsion and Systems utilizing a Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems CubeSat bus. Demonstrate several new propulsion systems, advanced control systems for precision pointing, and ommunications systems that will greatly increase data transmission for future missions.
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COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - Tyvak THRUSTER - Tethers Unlimited HYDROS-C
Keywords	Propulsion, Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat, Steerable Solar Arrays
On the same launch	ASELSAT Charlie Flock-4s 1 Flock-4s 2 Flock-4s 3 Flock-4s 4 Flock-4s 5 Flock-4s 6 Flock-4s 7 Flock-4s 8 Flock-4s 9 Flock-4s 10 Flock-4s 11 Flock-4s 12 Flock-4s 13 Flock-4s 14 Flock-4s 15 Flock-4s 16 Flock-4s 17 Flock-4s 18 Flock-4s 19 Flock-4s 20 Flock-4s 21 Flock-4s 22 Flock-4s 23 Flock-4s 24 Flock-4s 25 Flock-4s 26 Flock-4s 27 Flock-4s 28 Flock-4s 29 Flock-4s 30 Flock-4s 31 Flock-4s 32 Flock-4s 33 Flock-4s 34 Flock-4s 35 Flock-4s 36 Flock-4s 37 Flock-4s 38 Flock-4s 39 Flock-4s 40 Hiber 4 IDEASSat Kepler-8 Kepler-9 Kepler-10 Kepler-11 Kepler-12 Kepler-13 Kepler-14 Kepler-15 Lemur-2 130 Chantal Lemur-2 131 JenniferSong Lemur-2 133 Nallywacker Lemur-2 134 Neva Lemur-2 135 NoobNoob Lemur-2 136 Ruairi-Eilidh Lemur-2 137 SaoirseDH5Guo Lemur-2 132 Mango1 PIXL-1 SOMP2b SpaceBEE-40 SpaceBEE-41 SpaceBEE-42 SpaceBEE-43 SpaceBEE-44 SpaceBEE-45 SpaceBEE-46 SpaceBEE-47 SpaceBEE-48 SpaceBEE-49 SpaceBEE-50 SpaceBEE-51 SpaceBEE-52 SpaceBEE-53 SpaceBEE-54 SpaceBEE-55 SpaceBEE-56 SpaceBEE-57 SpaceBEE-58 SpaceBEE-59 SpaceBEE-60 SpaceBEE-61 SpaceBEE-62 SpaceBEE-63 UVSQ-Sat V-R3x 1 (Littlefoot) V-R3x 2 (Petrie) V-R3x 3 (Cora) YUSAT-1 Flock-4s 41 Flock-4s 42 Flock-4s 43 Flock-4s 44 Flock-4s 45 Flock-4s 46 Flock-4s 47 Flock-4s 48 SpaceBEE-64 SpaceBEE-65 SpaceBEE-66 SpaceBEE-67 SpaceBEE-68 SpaceBEE-69 SpaceBEE-70 SpaceBEE-71 SpaceBEE-72 SpaceBEE-73 SpaceBEE-74 SpaceBEE-75 PTD-1 ARCE-1A ARCE-1B ARCE-1C Astrocast 3 Astrocast 4 Astrocast 5 Astrocast 6 Astrocast 7 Prometheus 2.10

Last modified: 2024-05-26