TechEdSat-4 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft name	TechEdSat-4 (TES-4)
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	Reentry 2015-04-03. Was operational.
Launched	2014-07-13
NORAD ID	40455
Deployer	NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M]
Launcher	Antares
Deployment	Deployed from ISS on 2015-03-04
Entity name	NASA Ames Research Center
Institution	Space agency
Entity	Government (Civil / Military)
Country	US
Launch brokerer	Nanoracks
Partners	University of Idaho, San Jose State University
Oneliner	Demonstrate technologies for re-entry and drag device for deorbiting.
Description	Investigate technology to return small samples to Earth from the space station. TechEdSat-4 will deploy using the NanoRacks services. Its primary objectives are to further develop a tension-based drag device, called exo-brake, and demonstrate frequent uplink/downlink control capabilities.
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Keywords	Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat, De-orbit device
On the same launch	Flock-1b Dove-1 Flock-1b Dove-2 Flock-1b Dove-3 Flock-1b Dove-4 Flock-1b Dove-5 Flock-1b Dove-6 Flock-1b Dove-7 Flock-1b Dove-8 Flock-1b Dove-9 Flock-1b Dove-10 Flock-1b Dove-11 Flock-1b Dove-12 Flock-1b Dove-13 Flock-1b Dove-14 Flock-1b Dove-15 Flock-1b Dove-16 Flock-1b Dove-17 Flock-1b Dove-18 Flock-1b Dove-19 Flock-1b Dove-20 Flock-1b Dove-21 Flock-1b Dove-22 Flock-1b Dove-23 Flock-1b Dove-24 Flock-1b Dove-25 Flock-1b Dove-26 Flock-1b Dove-27 Flock-1b Dove-28 GEARRS-1 Lambdasat MicroMAS-1 TechEdSat-4

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