KySat 2

KySat 2

USA

Spacecraft nº:

US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	39384 / 13064E
Launch date	20 Nov 2013 - 01:15 UT
Launch site	WI, LA-0B
Launch vehicle	Minotaur-1
Mission	Technology
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	km
Eccentricity
Inclination	°
Period	min

Launched together with: STPSat 3 - PhoneSat v2.4 - CAPE 2 - DragonSat 1 - 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	Kentucky Space
Platform	CubeSat (1U)
Operator	Kentucky Space
Mass at launch	1 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape	cube
Dimension (m)	10 cm side
Equipment
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	None
DC power
Design lifetime

End of live:

Re-entered date:	12 Feb 2015
Lifetime:

Description:

KySat-2 is a cube shaped picosat-class CubeSat satellite powered by solar energy, weighs 1 kg and measures 10 cm on a side.
KySat-2 will leverage design philosophies of Space Plug-and-Play Avionics (SPA) protocol with SSL co-developing SPA-1 (I2C) protocol for the Trailblazer CubeSat mission.

Ref.: #3(SD508), #14 - update: 17.08.15