CAPE-1

USA

Spacecraft n°:

US satellite n°:

Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment

Launch data:

Designation	31130 / 07012P
Launch date	17 Apr 2007 - 06:46 UT
Launch site	B, LC-109/95
Launch vehicle	Dnepr-1
Mission	Civil: Communications/Science
LEO Earth orbit on:
Perigee / Apogee	646 x 793 km
Eccentricity	1.04E-02
Inclination	98.07°
Period	99.18 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Operator	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Platform
Mass at launch	1 kg
Dry Mass	1 kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Fit-check of Cubesatellites at CalPoly (Source: CAPE Team)

Mission details:

PPOD-C carried the Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment (CAPE 1) for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Libertad 1 for Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Bogota, Colombia; and the Cal Poly CP3 cubesat.
Will collect and store data on ambient ionosphere and relay it over the ULL.

Ref.: #7(JR579), #78a, #207, #226 - update: 22.01.10