UNICubeSat-GG
UNICubeSat-GG
UNICubeSat-GG
UNICubeSat-GG
Spacecraft name UNICubeSat-GG (Gravity Gradient)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Mass in kg 0.9736 kg
Status Reentry 2015-02-06. Was semi-operational until 2012-02-20, 1-2 weeks.
Launched 2012-02-13
NORAD ID 38085
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Vega
Organization Sapienza University of Rome
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Nation Italy
Launch brokerer ESA Education Office, Cal Poly
Partners GAUSS
Oneliner

Demonstrate passive attitude control technique based on gravity gradient stabilization with deployable boom.

Description

Study of the gravity gradient enhanced by the presence of a deployable boom. The end faces of the boom are equipped with solar panels for added power generation.

The initial mission objective of “in situ atmospheric neutral density measurements in the thermosphere using the Broglio drag balance instrument as payload” was changed in favor of a boom implementation involving the study of a passive attitude control technique, based on gravity gradient stabilization.

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