MicroMAS-2A

USA

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US spacecraft nº:

MicroMAS 2= Micro-sized Microwave Atmospheric Satellite.

Launch data:

Designation	43132 / 18004X
Launch date	12 Jan 2018 - 03:59 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota, FLP
Launch vehicle	PSLV-XL
Mission	Microwave radiometry, Science
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	498 x 513 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	97.6°
Period	94.6 min

Launched together with: Cartosat 2F - Microsat-TD - LEO Vantage 1 - Carbonite 2 - ICEYE X1 - INS 1C - Arkyd 6A - CICERO 7 - Landmapper-BC 3 v2 - Lemur-2 68/71 - Flock-3p′ 1/4 - PicSat - CANYVAL-X 1 & 2 - CNUSail 1 - KAUSAT 5 - SIGMA - DemoSat 2 - Tyvak 61C - FOX 1D - STEP Cube Lab - SpaceBEE 1/4

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	MIT Lincoln Lab.
Platform	3U CubeSat
Operator	Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Space Systems Laboratory (MIT SSL)
Mass at launch	5.5 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	4 deployable fixed solar arrays
Stabilization
Propulsion	None
DC power
Design lifetime

Description:

Micromas-2A, for microwave radiometry of tropical weather, a 3U cubesat from MIT Lincoln Lab.

External links:

Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking

Ref.: #7(JR745), #228 - update: 15.02.18