THEA Spacecraft

Test and evaluate a spectrum survey payload developed by Aurora Insight.

Test and evaluate a spectrum survey payload developed by Aurora Insight. SpaceQuest will also test the effectiveness of a new VHF “backdoor” receiver that the company designed and built to receive executive commands and/or to reboot the satellite flight computer in the event of a system failure.

The primary satellite mission of THEA is to test an experimental spectrum survey payload developed by Aurora Insight, a US company. The secondary satellite mission of THEA is to test a new “Backdoor” receiver developed by AAC SpaceQuest to send executive commands, to reboot the satellite flight computer, or to cycle the spacecraft power bus in the event of a system failure. The outcome of this testing will result in a significant advancement in satellite radio equipment technology.

First launch for Aurora Insight.

• AISTECHSAT-2
• Al-Farabi 2
• Astrocast 0.1 Kiwi
• Audacy Zero
• BlackHawk
• BRIO
• Centauri-1 (Centauri I)
• Corvus-BC 5 (Landmapper-BC)
• CSIM
• Flock-3s 1
• Flock-3s 2
• Flock-3s 3
• EAGLET-1
• Elysium-Star 2
• ENOCH
• ExseedSat-1
• Fox-1C
• Pathfinder II
• Hiber Two
• ICE-Cap
• IRVINE02
• ITASAT 1
• JY1-SAT
• K2SAT
• KazSciSat-1
• KNACKSAT
• MinXSS-2
• MOVE-II
• Orbital Reflector
• Polar Scout A
• Polar Scout B
• PW-Sat2
• RAAF M1
• RANGE-A
• RANGE-B
• SeaHawk
• Snuglite
• SNUSat-2
• SpaceBEE-5
• SpaceBEE-6
• SpaceBEE-7
• STAR-3 (SPAWAR-CAL-O)
• STAR-3 (SPAWAR-CAL-OR)
• STAR-3 (SPAWAR-CAL-R)
• Suomi 100
• THEA
• VESTA
• VisionCube
• WeissSat-1