PW-Sat Satellite

PW-Sat
PW-Sat
PW-Sat
PW-Sat
Spacecraft PW-Sat
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Status Reentry 2014-10-28. Was operational until 2012-12-23.
Launched 2012-02-13
NORAD ID 38083
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Vega
Entity name Warsaw University of Technology
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Nation Poland
Launch brokerer ESA Education Office, Cal Poly
Partners Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Oneliner

Demonstrate deorbiting method with Shape Memory Alloy based sail.

Description

Develop an inexpensive and reliable method of satellite deorbitation by using an expandable structure - SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) based sail.

Failure cause Problems with the satellite's energy balance and hardware issue with communication module.
Sources [1]
Photo sources [1] [2] [3]
Keywords De-orbit device, First CubeSat of country
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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