Spacecraft | CAPSat (Cool Annealing Payload Satellite) |
---|---|
Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | Reentry 2023-01-31. Was operational until 2021-11-XX, about 1 month? (Post about file download on official website on 2021-11-08 but SmallSat2022 paper said that functionality was lost after launch as of 2022-12-24) |
Launched | 2021-08-29 |
NORAD ID | 49276 |
Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
Launcher | Falcon 9 (CRS-23) (ELaNa 36) |
Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2021-10-12 |
Organization | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Headquarters | US |
Oneliner | Investigate attitude control with strain-actuated deployable panels plus active thermal system. |
Description | Investigate three navigation and control technology demonstrations utilizing strain-actuated deployable panels, an active thermal system for small spacecraft, and single-photon avalanche detectors. |
Results | |
Sources | [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] |
Photo sources | [1][2][3][4] |
On the same launch |
Last modified: 2023-06-03
Feel free to connect at any time.
Created by Erik Kulu
Email:erik.kulu@nanosats.eu
LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/erikkulu
Social Platforms
LinkedIn: Nanosats
Twitter: @nanosatellites
Sister Websites
NewSpace Index:newspace.im
Factories in Space:factoriesinspace.com
Copyright © 2014 - 2025 Erik Kulu