Name | Wren |
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Type | PocketQube |
Units or mass | PocketQube 1p |
Status | Was operational until 2013-11-24. Failed after a short time. |
Launched | 2013-11-21 |
NORAD ID | 39434 |
Deployer | MRFOD (Morehead Rome Femtosatellites Orbital Deployer) |
Launcher | Dnepr |
Deployment | Deployed from UniSat-5 on 2013-11-29 |
Organisation | STADOKO UG |
Institution | Company |
Entity | Commercial |
Nation | Germany |
Launch brokerer | GAUSS |
Oneliner |
Advanced PocketQube with cameras and reaction wheels. |
Description |
Crowd-funded femto-satellite by start-up company STADOKO to test miniaturized thrusters, 3-axis control and a new image based navigation system. It is equipped with a camera system to take pictures of the Earth, Sun and Deep Space. In addition to the conventional gyro- and magnetic field attitude sensors, those three components will constitute an adaptive feedback guidance system. Camera and 4 pulsed plasma thrusters. A 3 axis reaction wheel and a colour camera. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Photo sources | [1] |
Keywords | Propulsion |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
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