Name | TEMPEST-D (Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems - Demonstrator) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 6U |
Status | Reentry 2021-06-21. Was operational (CubeSat Workshop talk from 2021-04-31 checked on 2021-08-12) |
Launched | 2018-05-21 |
NORAD ID | 43547 |
Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
Launcher | Antares |
Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2018-07-13 |
Organisation | Colorado State University |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | US |
Manufacturer | AIVT by Blue Canyon |
Launch brokerer | Nanoracks |
Costs | $8.2 million |
Oneliner | Risk mitigation for the TEMPEST mission that will provide the first temporal observations of cloud and precipitation processes. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Last modified: 2021-08-15
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