Satellite name | Radix |
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Form factor | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 6U |
Status | Reentry 2020-04-07. Was operational (Personal contact 2018-07-07, no public news found) |
Launched | 2018-05-21 |
NORAD ID | 43550 |
Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
Launcher | Antares |
Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2018-07-13 |
Entity name | Analytical Space |
Institution | Company |
Entity | Commercial |
Country | US |
Manufacturer | AIVT by Hedron |
Operator | Hedron |
Launch brokerer | Nanoracks |
Oneliner |
First pilot satellite for demonstration of the concept of operations for a RF optical data relay. |
Description |
First pilot satellite. Optical small satellite communications network. Demonstration of the concept of operations for a RF optical data relay. The CubeSat shall receive transmission in RF (S-band) from the ground and/or from beta-test customer spacecraft already on orbit and store the data on board. The CubeSat shall downlink the data to the ground using laser communication. |
Sources | [1] |
Photo sources | [1] |
Keywords | Deployable parabolic antenna, Laser transmitter |
On the same launch |
Last modified: 2024-05-29