Satellite | Outpost Mission 1 (Outpost Mission 0) |
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Form factor | 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 |
Organization | Outpost |
Institution | Company |
Entity type | Commercial |
Headquarters | US |
Launch brokerer | Exolaunch |
Oneliner | |
Description |
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). |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
Photo sources | [1] [2] |
On the same launch |
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Last modified: 2024-05-29