CSUNSat 1 Spacecraft

CSUNSat 1
Satellite name CSUNSat 1 (CSUNSat1, California State University Northridge Sat)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 2U
Status Reentry 2019-05-05. Was operational until 2018-05-XX (CubeSat Developers Workshop 2019)
Launched 2017-04-18
NORAD ID 42715
Deployer NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M]
Launcher Atlas V
Deployment Deployed from ISS on 2017-05-18
Organisation California State University
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Country US
Launch brokerer Nanoracks
Partners NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oneliner

Part of QB50 to study lower termosphere.

Description

Test an innovative low temperature capable energy storage system in space developed by NASA JPL that will enable future missions, especially those in deep space to do more science while requiring less energy, mass and volume.

Notes
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On the same launch

Last modified: 2023-06-03

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