TROOP-F2

TROOP-F2
Name TROOP-F2
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Mass in kg 4.9 kg
Status not launched, expected in 2023
Organisation NearSpace Launch
Institution Company
Entity Commercial
Nation US
Manufacturer AIVT by NearSpace Launch
Operator NearSpace Launch
Oneliner

Act as docking target for VIGORIDE RPO Demo Mission 1 (“Vigoride”), which will approach it to 10 meters but not touch it.

Description

The goal of the TROOP-F2 mission is for the satellite to act as docking target for VIGORIDE RPO Demo Mission 1 (“Vigoride”), which will approach it to 10 meters but not touch it. After the target experiment is completed, it will continue to operate, testing radios and sensors.

TROOP-F2 contains the following systems:

Communications System:

  1. Two EyeStar S4 transceiver modules manufactured by NSL, each using a patch antenna, and communicating with the Iridium constellation on the established Iridium channels. Two are provided, only one is used at any given time. A GridEye Horizon Sensor on the patch antenna, allows transmitting only when the antenna is pointing away from the earth.
  2. 2) A transmitter in the 900 MHz band, to communicate location data to the Vigoride spacecraft. The transmitter uses a patch antenna.

All transmissions from the satellite can be suspended, with a command transmitted via the Iridium constellation from mission operations to the satellite.

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Keywords Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat

Last modified: 2023-06-09
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