MicroMAS-1 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft name	MicroMAS-1
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	Reentry 2015-08-01. Was operational until 2015-03-18, two weeks? Transmitter failed.
Launched	2014-07-13
NORAD ID	40457
Deployer	NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M]
Launcher	Antares
Deployment	Deployed from ISS on 2015-03-04
Entity name	MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Country	US
Launch brokerer	Nanoracks
Oneliner	Microwave spectrometer to observe weather events.
Description	Passive microwave spectrometer operating near the 118.75-GHz oxygen absorption line to observe convective thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, and hurricanes from a near-equatorial orbit at approximately 500-km altitude.
Failure cause	Transmitter failed.
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On the same launch	Flock-1b Dove-1 Flock-1b Dove-2 Flock-1b Dove-3 Flock-1b Dove-4 Flock-1b Dove-5 Flock-1b Dove-6 Flock-1b Dove-7 Flock-1b Dove-8 Flock-1b Dove-9 Flock-1b Dove-10 Flock-1b Dove-11 Flock-1b Dove-12 Flock-1b Dove-13 Flock-1b Dove-14 Flock-1b Dove-15 Flock-1b Dove-16 Flock-1b Dove-17 Flock-1b Dove-18 Flock-1b Dove-19 Flock-1b Dove-20 Flock-1b Dove-21 Flock-1b Dove-22 Flock-1b Dove-23 Flock-1b Dove-24 Flock-1b Dove-25 Flock-1b Dove-26 Flock-1b Dove-27 Flock-1b Dove-28 GEARRS-1 Lambdasat MicroMAS-1 TechEdSat-4

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