| Spacecraft name | VPM (Very low frequency Particle Mapper, Very Low Frequency Propagation Mapper, VLF Wave and Particle Precipitation Mapper) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 6U |
| Status | Reentry 2022-09-29. Was operational until 2021-09-XX, 8 months? (Housekeeping graphs stop at week 30 in SmallSat 2022 paper as of 2022-12-24) |
| Launched | 2019-12-05 |
| NORAD ID | ? |
| Deployer | Slingshot / Equalizer [SEOPS] |
| Launcher | Falcon 9 (CRS-19) (SEOPS-2) |
| Deployment | Deployed from Cygnus on 2020-02-01 |
| Organization | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) |
| Institution | Military |
| Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
| Nation | US |
| GS Service | KSAT |
| Launch brokerer | SEOPS, Spaceflight |
| Partners | DARPA, SEOPS |
| Costs | $4.5 million for the program |
| Oneliner |
Critical augmentation for the AFRL Demonstration and Science Experiment (DSX) satellite. |
| Description |
Critical augmentation for the AFRL Demonstration and Science Experiment (DSX) satellite. Answers key DSX physics: Can we transmit VLF across the space plasma sheath into the far-field. Sensors to observe precipitating energetic particles induced by DSX. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] |
| COTS subsystems |
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| Subsystems sources | [1] |
| Keywords | Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat |
| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2024-05-29
