ArduSat 2 Satellite - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft name	ArduSat 2
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	2U
Status	Reentry 2014-07-01. No signal?
Launched	2014-01-09
NORAD ID	39570
Deployer	NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M]
Launcher	Antares
Deployment	Deployed from ISS on 2014-02-28
Entity name	Spire
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Nation	US
Launch brokerer	Nanoracks
Oneliner	Platform for students and space enthusiasts to run space-based Arduino experiments.
Description	Mission is to provide a platform on which students and DIY space enthusiasts may design and run their own space-based Arduino experiments. Improved version of ArduSat 1. The satellite’s primary payload is bank of Arduino processors on which student / DIY code may run. The Arduino processors may sample data from the satellite’s imaging payload, a 1.3 megapixel optical CMOS camera module, and / or any of the satellite’s onboard sensors, which includes photolux sensor, IR temperature, PCB temperature, 3-axis magnetometer, Geiger counter, 6-DOF IMU, and MEMS gyros.
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On the same launch	ArduSat 2 Flock-1 Dove-1 Flock-1 Dove-2 Flock-1 Dove-3 Flock-1 Dove-4 Flock-1 Dove-5 Flock-1 Dove-6 Flock-1 Dove-7 Flock-1 Dove-8 Flock-1 Dove-9 Flock-1 Dove-10 Flock-1 Dove-11 Flock-1 Dove-12 Flock-1 Dove-13 Flock-1 Dove-14 Flock-1 Dove-15 Flock-1 Dove-16 Flock-1 Dove-17 Flock-1 Dove-18 Flock-1 Dove-19 Flock-1 Dove-20 Flock-1 Dove-21 Flock-1 Dove-22 Flock-1 Dove-23 Flock-1 Dove-24 Flock-1 Dove-25 Flock-1 Dove-26 Flock-1 Dove-27 Flock-1 Dove-28 LitSat-1 LituanicaSAT-1 SkyCube UAPSAT-1

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