Cislunar Explorer Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft	Cislunar Explorers (3UA, 3UB)
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Status	cancelled
Organisation	Cornell University
Institution	University
Entity type	Academic / Education
Country	US
Oneliner	Demonstrate using water as propellant.
Description	Demonstrate using water as propellant. Uses electricity to split its water propellant into Hydrogen and Oxygen, which it burns as fuel. Mission objectives: Electrolysis propulsion demo Optical navigation demo Reach Lunar Orbit Femtosatellite operations beyond LEO Technology Demonstrator Spin-Stabilized Attitude Control System Water Electrolysis Propulsion System. Demonstrate potential In Situ Resource Utilization. Optical Navigation System for Low cost position and attitude determination. Triangulation using celestial bodies. ChipSat is Rideshare on a rideshare. Spring-loaded separation releases both into opposite spins providing passive spin stabilization.Single CO2 cold gas thruster.
Notes	Was one of 13 SLS 6U Interplanetary or Lunar CubeSats, but did not make it in time. Will split in half, but into unconventional sizes. Will create separate entries later after satellites separate.
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COTS subsystems	EPS - GomSpace NanoPower P31u OBSW - JPL F-Prime Open Source
Subsystems sources	[1]
COTS compoments	OBC - Rasberry Pi A+ Solar cells - ZTJ IMU - Adafruit 9-DOF BNO055 Real time clock - Adafruit DS3231 Voltage regulator - U3V40AHV Pressure sensor - Cynergy3 IPSU Switch - Jameco Subminiature E Series
Components sources	[1]
Keywords	Propulsion, Beyond Earth orbit

Last modified: 2024-09-02