DragonSat 1

DragonSat 1

USA

Spacecraft nº:

US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	39383 / 13064D
Launch date	20 Nov 2013 - 01:15 UT
Launch site	WI, LA-0B
Launch vehicle	Minotaur-1
Mission	Magnetospheric Research, Technology
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	421 x 436 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	40.5 °
Period	93.0 min

Launched together with: STPSat 3 - PhoneSat v2.4 - CAPE 2 - KySat 2 - TJ3Sat - ORSES - ORS Tech 1 &2 - SENSE 1 &2 - NPS-SCAT - Prometheus 1 1-8 - COPPER - STARE B - Black Knight 1 - Trailblazer - SwampSat - Hooponopono 2 - Firefly - ChargerSat 1 - Vermont Lunar - ORS 3

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	Drexel University, US Naval Academy, Pumpkin Inc. (bus)
Platform	CubeSat (1U)
Operator	Drexel University, US Naval Academy
Mass at launch	1 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	None
DC power
Downlink	145.870 MHz

End of live:

Re-entered date:	31 Aug 2016 (.2)
Lifetime:

Description:

DragonSat 1 is an 1 Unit CubeSat designed and built by students of the Drexel University and the US Naval Academy.
The mission of DragonSat-1 is to take pictures of aurora (northern and southern lights) to observe the radiation dissipation intensity during the solar events, and to perform technology demonstration of gravity-gradient-boom deployment mechanism in space.

Ref.: #3(SD526), #228 - update: 07.03.17