Satellite name | SeaHawk |
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Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Entity name | University of North Carolina Wilmington |
Institution | University |
Entity type | Academic / Education |
Nation (HQ) | US |
Nation (AIT) | UK |
Manufacturer | AIVT by AAC Clyde Space |
Operator | AAC Clyde Space |
Partners | Cloudland Instruments, Clyde Space, Hawk Institute for Space Sciences, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Costs | $1,680,000 for two CubeSat platforms Single platform: $840,000 |
Oneliner |
Demonstrate miniature ocean color sensor. |
Description |
Enhance the ability of the earth sciences to observe ocean color in high temporal and spatial resolution modes through the use of a low-cost, next generation, miniature ocean color sensor flown aboard a CubeSat. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Photo sources | [1] |
COTS subsystems |
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Related Spacecraft
Spacecraft | Status | Launcher | Date | Orbit |
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SeaHawk-1 | Operational (Official news about mission operations contract extension on 2022-11-08 and new images being downloaded as of 2023-06-08. 5 year celebration post on 2023-12-13.) | Falcon 9, (Spaceflight SSO-A, SHERPA) | 2018-12-03 | 580 km, 97.8 deg |
SeaHawk-2 | cancelled? (Should have been delivered end of 2019, but unclear whether the project is still ongoing) | cancelled | x_cancelled | cancelled |
Last modified: 2024-05-29