| Name | UNITE (Undergraduate Nano Ionospheric Temperature Explorer) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 3U |
| Status | Operational (Undated description on website checked on 2019-05-26 and Smallsat 2019) |
| Launched | 2018-12-05 |
| NORAD ID | 44031 |
| Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
| Launcher | Falcon 9 (CRS-16) |
| Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2019-01-31 |
| Organisation | Purdue University |
| Institution | University |
| Entity | Academic / Education |
| Nation | US |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by NearSpace Launch |
| Launch brokerer | NanoRacks |
| Oneliner | Make a series of global measurements in the lower ionosphere to asses drag and compare against thermal models. |
| Sources | Link-1 Link-2 Link-3 Link-4 |
| Keywords | Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat |
Last modified: 2019-10-21
Detailed UNITE entry in the Database
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