ARGO Spacecraft

ARGO
ARGO
Spacecraft name ARGO
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Status cancelled
Entity name EICAS Automazione
Institution Company
Entity type Commercial
Nation Italy
Manufacturer AIVT by Terran Orbital
Operator Terran Orbital
Oneliner

On-Orbit Demonstration Mission aimed at validation of a new generation of star trackers.

Description

On-Orbit Demonstration Mission aimed at validation of a new generation of star trackers. The program is co-funded by the European Commission through Horizon 2020 SME Instrument.

PAYLOAD: Multicamera system for spacecraft autonomous attitude determination by means of star observation.

Notes

Tyvak website left an impression that it will be separate 6U CubeSat, but the star tracker flew on D-Orbit ION.

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Photo sources [1]
COTS subsystems
  • PLATFORM - Tyvak

Last modified: 2024-08-30

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