Name | Ursa Maior (University of Rome la SApienza Micropropulsion for Attitude and In Orbit debris Removal testing, IT02) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | Was operational until 2018-03-XX? (Last DK3WN report 2018-03-18. Last SatNOGS report with visible packets 2018-03-07. No further news on official social media. Checked 2019-05-27) |
Launched | 2017-06-23 |
NORAD ID | 42776 |
Deployer | QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace] |
Launcher | PSLV (QB50) |
Organisation | Sapienza University of Rome |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | Italy |
Launch brokerer | ISILaunch |
Partners | QB50, Sapienza Aerospace Research Center (CRAS) |
Oneliner |
Part of QB50 to study lower termosphere. |
Description |
QB50. The space station will operate to conduct scientific experiments in the framework of the QB50 project QB50. Micropropulsion system which main goal is to design and test a new integrated MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) valve-nozzle system. The whole system is designed to fit in a 1/2 U of the CubeSat. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Photo sources | [1] [2] |
Keywords | Propulsion |
Space photos | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
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