Outpost Mission 0 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite name	Outpost Mission 1 (Outpost Mission 0)
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	Was operational until 2023-09-28? Retired (Passivation day post on social media)
Launched	2023-06-12
NORAD ID	56226
Deployer	EXOpod 12U/16U [Exolaunch]
Launcher	Falcon 9 (Transporter-8) (D-Orbit ION)
Deployment	Deployed from D-Orbit ION on 2023-06-20
Organisation	Outpost
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Nation	US
Launch brokerer	Exolaunch
Oneliner	Trial the flight software, avionics, power system, and radiofrequency links that could support future reusable satellites.
Description	Mission 0 will not carry or test reusability features. It will only trial the flight software, avionics, power system, and radiofrequency links that could support future reusable satellites. Outpost hopes to reduce space debris and lower costs for satellite operators by developing reusable satellites. Such satellites returning to Earth post-mission can be refurbished, repaired, and upgraded before being relaunched into space to deliver revamped existing or innovative new service. They will reduce not only orbital debris risk by not lingering in Earth’s orbit after the mission ends but also manufacturing coss and space entry barriers. Mission 0 will have one UHF transceiver for telemetry and command. Further, Mission 0 will have one global positioning system (“GPS”) receiver. The GPS payload will support on-orbit determination and atmospheric and Earth-surface sensing (temperature mapping occultations and precipitation, sea state, wind profile, and ocean current scatterometry).
Notes	Some confusion about the name, Mission 0 in the FCC application but social media talks about Mission 1.
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Last modified: 2023-11-05