CP5 Satellite

CP5
Spacecraft name CP5
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Status Was operational until 2013-01-XX? (Last JA0CAW report from 2012-12-29)
Launched 2012-09-13
NORAD ID 38763
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Atlas V
Organisation California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Country US
Launch brokerer Cal Poly, Naval Postgraduate School
Oneliner

De-orbiting experiment using a thin-film deployable mechanism.

Description

De-orbiting experiment using a thin-film deployable mechanism. The main goal is to identify whether the mechanism can feasibly become a practical solution for mitigating space debris on future small satellites.

Failure cause Attempted to deploy their solar sail, but lost contact with CP-5 shorty after.
Sources [1]
Photo sources [1]
Keywords De-orbit device
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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