OOV-Cube Satellite - Nanosats Database

Satellite	OOV-Cube ((On Orbit Verification Cube)
Spacecraft type	Nanosatellite
Units or mass	10 kg
Status	not launched, expected in 2024
Launcher	Ariane 6
Organisation	Rapid Cubes
Institution	Company
Entity	Commercial
Headquarters	Germany
Manufacturer	AIVT by TU Berlin
Operator	?
Oneliner	Demonstrate new IoT communication protocol, image processing in orbit using AI and perovskite solar cells.
Description	By performing the first experimental demonstration of a ‘mioty’ high-performance Internet of Things communication protocol, OOV-Cube will test a technology that can be linked to miniaturised transmitters carried by animals, connecting them to scientists in realtime. This would be particularly useful in remote areas without terrestrial infrastructure. The mission will also test image processing in orbit using Artificial Intelligence (AI) – an important and time-saving ability that would mean data on wildlife monitoring can be processed by the satellite in orbit, rather than later on the ground. The satellite will also test and verify new cost-effective and efficient perovskite solar cells, verify a wide-angle camera with autofocus – a necessary prerequisite for docking manoeuvres necessary for future service missions to refuel, repair or reorbit satellites. Also important for future on-orbit service missions, OOV-Cube will verify an ‘L-band’ radio system for communications between satellites in low-Earth and geostationary orbits.
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COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - TU Berlin

Last modified: 2024-05-30