TARS (Kepler) Satellite - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft	Kepler 3 TARS (IOD-5, Kepler-2)
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Status	Operational (Personal contact)
Launched	2020-09-02
NORAD ID	46319
Deployer	QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace]
Launcher	Vega (Small Satellite Mission Service)
Organization	Kepler Communications
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Nation (HQ)	Canada
Nation (AIT)	UK
Manufacturer	AIVT by AAC Clyde Space
Operator	Kepler Communications
Partners	UK Satellite Applications Catapult
Costs	$880,000 grant for the mission (actual CubeSat costs unknown)
Oneliner	Pathfinder for upcoming constellation for IoT/M2M and wideband communications.
Description	New high-capability satellite, which will be the final prototype prior to Kepler’s roll-out of their GEN1 constellation beginning in 2019. Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications market, and in particular the Internet of Things (IoT). Novel Software Defined Radio (SDR), electronically steerable antenna array, and networking protocol, in combination with inter-satellite links
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COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - Clyde Space OBSW - Bright Ascension
Subsystems sources	[1]
Keywords	Ku-band
On the same launch	AMICal Sat OSM1-CICERO DIDO-3 Flock-4v 1 Flock-4v 2 Flock-4v 3 Flock-4v 4 Flock-4v 5 Flock-4v 6 Flock-4v 7 Flock-4v 8 Flock-4v 9 Flock-4v 10 Flock-4v 11 Flock-4v 12 Flock-4v 13 Flock-4v 14 FSSCat A FSSCat B NAPA-1 SIMBA SpaceBEE-10 SpaceBEE-11 SpaceBEE-12 SpaceBEE-13 SpaceBEE-14 SpaceBEE-15 SpaceBEE-16 SpaceBEE-17 SpaceBEE-18 SpaceBEE-19 SpaceBEE-20 SpaceBEE-21 Kepler 3 TARS (IOD-5) TRISAT TTU100 Tyvak-0171 (SIRION-2?) Flock-4v 15 Flock-4v 16 Flock-4v 17 Flock-4v 18 Flock-4v 19 Flock-4v 20 Flock-4v 21 Flock-4v 22 Flock-4v 23 Flock-4v 24 Flock-4v 25 Flock-4v 26 PICASSO

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