Name | RAVAN XB3 (Radiometer Assessment Using Vertical Aligned Nanotubes, Ravan XB-3) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | Operational? (Science mission ended in August 2018, but operational as of February 2019) |
Launched | 2016-11-11 |
NORAD ID | 41849 |
Deployer | P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer) |
Launcher | Atlas V |
Organisation | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | US |
Manufacturer | AIVT by Blue Canyon |
Operator | Blue Canyon |
Launch brokerer | Tyvak |
Oneliner | Measure the absolute imbalance in the Earth's radiation budget using radiometer. |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Keywords | Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat |
Last modified: 2020-04-10
Detailed RAVAN XB3 entry in the Database
Full Nanosats Database (much more data)