| Spacecraft name | DUPLEX (Dual Propulsion Experiment) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 6U |
| Status | not launched, expected in 2025 |
| Launcher | Falcon 9, (Cygnus), (NG-22) |
| Organisation | CU Aerospace |
| Institution | Company |
| Entity type | Commercial |
| Country | US |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by NearSpace Launch |
| Partners | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Costs | $1.7 million |
| Oneliner |
Equipped with two different propulsion systems. |
| Description |
Test two of CU Aerospace’s thrusters in space to provide flight heritage for these new, innovative systems, significantly lowering risk for future customers |
| Notes |
Originally reported and assumed to have been launched on Cygnus on 2023-08-02 but does not seem to be the case as of May 2024. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
| Photo sources | [1] |
| Keywords | Propulsion |
Last modified: 2024-12-13
