Satellite | TechEdSat-4 (TES-4) |
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Form factor | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | Reentry 2015-04-03. Was operational. |
Launched | 2014-07-13 |
NORAD ID | 40455 |
Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
Launcher | Antares |
Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2015-03-04 |
Entity name | NASA Ames Research Center |
Institution | Space agency |
Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
Nation | US |
Launch brokerer | Nanoracks |
Partners | University of Idaho, San Jose State University |
Oneliner |
Demonstrate technologies for re-entry and drag device for deorbiting. |
Description |
Investigate technology to return small samples to Earth from the space station. TechEdSat-4 will deploy using the NanoRacks services. Its primary objectives are to further develop a tension-based drag device, called exo-brake, and demonstrate frequent uplink/downlink control capabilities. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Photo sources | [1] [2] |
Keywords | Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat, De-orbit device |
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