COPPER Satellite

COPPER
COPPER
Satellite name COPPER (Close Orbiting Propellant Plume and Elemental Recognition)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Status Reentry 2016-02-04. No signal.
Launched 2013-11-20
NORAD ID 39395
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Minotaur I
Organization Saint Louis University
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Nation US
Launch brokerer Tyvak, ?
Partners Vanderbilt University, Santa Clara University, NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Oneliner

Demonstrate microbolometer array for infrared imaging and radiation measurements.

Description

Imaging mission: Flight-test the abilities of a commercially available compact uncooled microbolometer array to take infrared images of Earth’s oceans and atmosphere.

Radiation mission: Improve the predictive performance modeling of radiation effects on small, modern space electronics devices by collecting radiation particle collision data from electronics monitoring experiments and relaying the data to the ground. The FLIR Tau 320 Microbolometer Array, with a custom-built interface board (giving us greater control over the imager and allowing us to store 14-bit images at 30 frames per second). A pathfinder payload provided by Vanderbilt University, in preparation for the Argus mission. The Commodore payload will demonstrate basic interfaces and functionality of their radiation-effects monitoring payload controller.

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