| Name | SPARC-1 (Space Plug and Play Architecture Research CubeSat-1) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 6U |
| Status | Reentry 2023-06-26. Was operational (News from Pumpkin on 2019-05-05) |
| Launched | 2019-05-03 |
| NORAD ID | 44226 |
| Deployer | Maxwell [Rocket Lab] |
| Launcher | Electron |
| Entity name | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) |
| Institution | Military |
| Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
| Nation | US |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by The University of New Mexico COSMIAC |
| Operator | The University of New Mexico COSMIAC |
| Launch brokerer | Rocket Lab |
| Partners | Pumpkin, Swedish Defence Material Administration, University of New Mexico COSMIAC, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) |
| Oneliner |
Demonstrate Agile Space Radio well as Space Situational Awareness for military utility. |
| Description |
Agile Space Radio (ASR) is an on-orbit reconfigurable transceiver, intended to support live experimentation with different waveforms and protocols useful to communications missions. Also a visible camera optimized for the study of space situation awareness (SSA) concepts. The camera is used to take photos of star-fields or remote space objects. It cannot take photos of the Earth. The data from the radio and the camera is supplied to both the United States and Swedish |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Keywords | SSA-Space Situational Awareness |
| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2024-05-29
