W-Cube Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite name	W-Cube (wCUBE)
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	Operational (Official news as of 2021-09-01)
Launched	2021-06-30
NORAD ID	48965
Deployer	QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace]
Launcher	Falcon 9 (Transporter-2) (D-Orbit ION)
Deployment	Deployed from D-Orbit ION on 2021-07-22
Entity name	ESA (European Space Agency)
Institution	Space agency
Entity	Government (Civil / Military)
Country	Finland
Manufacturer	AIVT by Kuva Space
Launch brokerer	ISILaunch
Partners	VTT
Oneliner	Demonstrate the use of the 75-GHz frequency W-band for future telecommunications satellites.
Description	Demonstrate the use of the 75-GHz frequency band for future telecommunications satellites. Feature an integrated dual-frequency beacon transmitter developed by VTT. The signal it broadcasts will be observed at the prime contractor JOANNEUM RESEARCH's measurement station in Graz, Austria. The overall objective of this activity is to improve the knowledge and modeling of the atmospheric RF propagation channel at W-band, through: The provision of a service that allows the continuous transmission of a stable, unmodulated W-band and Q-band carrier signal from a CubeSat-like nano-satellite that allows reception on the ground by a propagation terminal Providing the signal to other research institutions and scientists worldwide to gather data from as many climate regions as possible for analysis Performing atmospheric channel propagation measurements of the signal from this beacon.
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COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - Reaktor Space
Keywords	W-band
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