Satellite name | SUPERNOVA-BETA (TechSat I, TechSat 1) |
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Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 6U |
Status | Launch failure |
Launched | 2015-11-04 |
NORAD ID | Launch failure |
Deployer | NLAS (Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System) [NASA] |
Launcher | Super Strypi (SPARK) |
Organisation | Pumpkin |
Institution | Company |
Entity type | Commercial |
Headquarters | US |
Manufacturer | AIVT byPumpkin |
Operator | Pumpkin |
Launch brokerer | ORS Office (US DoD) |
Partners | Transparent Sky, Southern Stars |
Oneliner | Demonstrate CubeSat platform technologues. |
Description | Test flight of multiple subsystems on the SUPERNOVA 6U bus developed by Pumpkin, Inc, including structure, EPS, GPS, ADACS, CDH, and imagers. 1) Real-time image processing experiments. Use of embedded CPU/GPU on orbit. Improvements to imaging via coupled processing control pipeline, only feasible on-board. 2) Reflight of improved hardware developed for crowdFunded SkyCube in 2012-2014 Intended to provide consumer-grade Earth imagery, “tweets from space”, inflatable deorbit device. |
Notes | 4 months from first concept meeting to delivery/ Flight Qual/ Integration with LV |
Sources | [1][2][3][4] |
Photo sources | [1] |
Keywords | Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat,De-orbit device |
On the same launch |
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