SkyCube Satellite

SkyCube
SkyCube
SkyCube
SkyCube
SkyCube
SkyCube
SkyCube
SkyCube
SkyCube
Satellite SkyCube
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Status Reentry 2014-11-08. Was semi-operational until 2014-03-24, contacts only during March 24. (Official Kickstarter)
Launched 2014-01-09
NORAD ID 39567
Deployer NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M]
Launcher Antares
Deployment Deployed from ISS on 2014-02-28
Organization Southern Stars
Institution Company
Entity type Commercial
Country US
Launch brokerer Nanoracks
Oneliner

Crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Payloads are camera and tweets names from space.

Description

Crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Payloads are camera and tweets names from space.

Failure cause Electronics worked for at least a month but solar panels and antennas did not deploy.
Sources [1]
Photo sources [1] [2]
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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