| Spacecraft name | CapSat-1 |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 1U |
| Mass in kg | 2.8 kg |
| Status | Reentry 2022-09-18. Was operational? (No news found as of 2022-12-20 but object identified and using Globalstar for communications) |
| Launched | 2022-07-15 |
| NORAD ID | 53770 |
| Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
| Launcher | Falcon 9 (ELaNa 45) (CRS-25) |
| Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2022-09-06 |
| Entity name | Weiss School |
| Institution | School |
| Entity | Academic / Education |
| Country | US |
| Oneliner |
Educational mission and test the efficiency of using capacitors in place of batteries. |
| Description |
Educational mission to establish a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) program featuring a hands-on, research-focused approach, to foster student’s natural curiosity and to facilitate excellence via individual and team competitions. CapSat will measure capacitance and the discharge rate of capacitors as a function of time to test the efficiency of using capacitors as an electrical power system in place of lithium-ion batteries. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
| Subsystems sources | [1] |
| Keywords | Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat |
| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2024-05-29
