| Spacecraft name | STF-1 (Simulation To Flight 1) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 3U |
| Status | Reentry 2024-02-21. Was operational until 2019-06-XX? (Public news on 2019-12-19) |
| Launched | 2018-12-16 |
| NORAD ID | 43852 |
| Deployer | RailPOD [Tyvak] |
| Launcher | Electron |
| Organization | West Virginia University |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Nation | US |
| Launch brokerer | TriSept |
| MCS | Ball Aerospace COSMOS |
| Partners | NASA Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) |
| Oneliner |
Demonstrate portable simulation and test platform that allows seamless transition of mission development artifacts to flight products. |
| Description |
Demonstrate the utility of the NASA Operational Simulator technologies across the CubeSat development cycle, from concept planning to mission operations. It will demonstrate a highly portable simulation and test platform that allows seamless transition of mission development artifacts to flight products. Performance and durability of III-V nitride-based materials, Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and space weather, GPS and IMU hardware and experiments |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
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| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2024-05-29
