PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator) Satellite

PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator)
PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator)
PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator)
PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator)
PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator)
PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator)
PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator)
PTD-1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator)
Satellite name PTD-1 (HYDROS, PTHFDR, Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator, NASA PTD-1)
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Status Reentry 2024-02-03. Was operational until? (CDW 2022 states operational until 2021-05-XX but also mentions extended operations as of 2022-12-26. Marked as Complete in the NASA CubeSat Fleet Database.)
Launched 2021-01-24
NORAD ID 47482
Deployer QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace]
Launcher Falcon 9 (Transporter-1) (ELaNa 35) (Spaceflight Sherpa)
Deployment Deployed from Sherpa on 2021-01-24
Organisation NASA Ames Research Center
Institution Space agency
Entity type Government (Civil / Military)
Country US
Manufacturer AIVT by Terran Orbital
Partners Tyvak, NASA Glenn
Oneliner

Demonstrate propulsion systems and CubeSat platform technologies.

Description

Government-furnished technology payloads for a series of flight demonstrations. Fight qualify and characterize a novel micro-electrospray thruster provided by Busek Space Propulsion and Systems utilizing a Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems CubeSat bus. Demonstrate several new propulsion systems, advanced control systems for precision pointing, and ommunications systems that will greatly increase data transmission for future missions.

Sources [1] [2] [3] [4]
Photo sources [1] [2] [3] [4]
COTS subsystems
  • PLATFORM - Tyvak
  • THRUSTER - Tethers Unlimited HYDROS-C
Keywords Propulsion, Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat, Steerable Solar Arrays
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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