| Satellite | GamaSat |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 3U |
| Status | cancelled |
| Entity name | University of Porto |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Headquarters | Portugal |
| Partners | QB50, VORSat, Tekever Space |
| Oneliner |
Part of QB50 to study lower termosphere. |
| Description |
One of the QB50 science package to study the lower thermosphere. Apart from this cooperation with the QB50 scientific goals, GAMASAT will have three technological objectives: GAMANET, radio-based attitude determination and Q-RED which is a controlled de-orbiting and re-entry experiment that includes small reentry capsule. QB50. Upon reaching an altitude of 120 Km, a small re-entry capsule will be ejected. Such capsule is made of several layers of ablative and non-ablative heat-resisting material and contains a battery, micro-controller, temperature, acceleration and rotation rate sensors, a SDR transmitter capable of sending ARGOS messages, a GPS receiver and a passive oscillation dumper. |
| Notes | |
| Sources | [1] [2] |
| Photo sources | [1] |
| Keywords | Re-entry capsule, QB50 |
Last modified: 2023-06-08
