Satellite | Asgardia-1 (Asgardia 1) |
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Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 2U |
Status | Reentry 2022-09-12. Was operational? (Website and public news, but unable to find recent mentions after 2018) |
Launched | 2017-11-12 |
NORAD ID | 43049 |
Deployer | NRCSD-E (External NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) |
Launcher | Antares |
Deployment | Deployed from Cygnus on 2017-12-07 |
Entity name | Asgardia Space |
Institution | Company |
Entity type | Commercial |
Country | US |
Manufacturer | AIVT byNearSpace Launch |
Launch brokerer | Nanoracks |
Oneliner | Test the concept of long-term data storage in orbit around the Earth. |
Description | Test the concept of long-term data storage in orbit around the Earth. Payload is a 512GB solid state drive pre-loaded with data. Also contain internal and external particle detectors "to determine the radiation dosing that the internal electronics are receiving. |
Notes | |
Sources | [1][2] |
Photo sources | [1] |
COTS subsystems |
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Keywords | Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat |
On the same launch |
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