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Name ION
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 2U
Status Launch failure
Launched 2006-07-26
NORAD ID Launch failure
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Dnepr
Organisation University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Headquarters US
Launch brokerer Cal Poly
Oneliner

Measuring oxygen airglow emissions and testing thruster module.

Description

Measuring Oxygen airglow emissions from the Earth’s mesosphere. Tests a new MicroVacuum Arc Thruster (µVAT) with high dynamic range. Tests a new SID processor board. Small CMOS camera for Earth imaging. Measuring molecular Oxygen airglow emissions from the Earth’s mesosphere using a 760nm photometer. Oxygen chemistry at this 90km altitude emits a dim glow of light. Learn how energy transfers across large spatial regions contributing to knowledge of upper atmospheric dynamics. This airglow emission is absorbed by the Earth’s lower atmosphere preventing study with Earth-based sensors.

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Keywords Propulsion
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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