SOURCE-2 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite name	SOURCE-2
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Status	not launched, expected in 2028
Launcher	not launched
Entity name	University of Stuttgart
Institution	University
Entity type	Academic / Education
Headquarters	Germany
Oneliner	Demonstrate propulsion system, relative navigation and high performance downlink.
Description	PETRUS, an innovative pulsed electric propulsion system, will give SOURCE-2 greater maneuverability in orbit. The propulsion system originates from the IRS and will be further developed by KSat and integrated into SOURCE-2. The IRS also supports the DETECT experiment, which tests autonomous object detection for relative navigation in low Earth orbit. This is a step for future on-orbit servicing missions and concepts for combating space debris. In addition, we are working together with SeeSat eV on a high-performance direct downlink system. A big thank you goes to the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, which is funding SOURCE-2 as part of the state strategy for aerospace THE aerospace LÄND .
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Keywords	Propulsion

Last modified: 2025-05-02