Q-PACE Satellite

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Satellite name Q-PACE (QPACE, Cu-PACE, CubeSat Particle Aggregation and Collision Experiment)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Mass in kg 2.76 kg
Status No signal (Statement on SpaceNews)
Launched 2021-01-17
NORAD ID ?
Deployer FANTM-RAiL [Xtenti]
Launcher LauncherOne
Organization University of Central Florida
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Country US
Launch brokerer NASA CSLI / ELaNa
Oneliner

Producing tens of thousands of collisions simulating the first steps in planet formation.

Description

Perform a long-duration microgravity experiments in orbit to observe novel low-speed collisions in greater numbers than possible in ground-based, parabolic and suborbital flight experiments. Perform over 100 collision experiments producing 10’s of thousands of collisions simulating the first steps in planet formation.

Q-PACE consists of a particle chamber that is shaken to induce low-speed collisions between the particles that cannot be achieved in Earth’s gravity. The collisional evolution of the swarm of particles is captured by a high-speed video camera. The video data is transmitted to the ground station for analysis to measure the outcomes of collisions based on impact speed and particle type.

Results

Marked as Failure in the NASA SmallSat/CubeSat Fleet Missions Database.

Sources [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Photo sources [1] [2] [3] [4]
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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