AENEAS Satellite

AENEAS
AENEAS
AENEAS
AENEAS
AENEAS
AENEAS
AENEAS
Spacecraft name AENEAS
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status Semi-operational? Was operational, but batteries not holding in eclipse. (Last SatNOGS report with data 2023-05-06. Checked on 2023-06-08)
Launched 2012-09-13
NORAD ID 38760
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Atlas V
Entity name University of Southern California
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Headquarters US
Launch brokerer Cal Poly, Naval Postgraduate School
Partners Nowaworks group, Northrop Grumman
Oneliner

Tracking cargo containers over the ocean with deployable parabolic antenna.

Description

Tracking cargo containers over the open ocean with a 1-watt WiFi-like transceiver. This mission uses a custom-built deployable mesh antenna, and stretches the attitude control and power generation capabilities of the Colony I bus to its limits.

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Photo sources [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Keywords Deployable parabolic antenna
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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