SASSI 2

Launch data: Designation  A09407 / 19022C? Launch date  17 Apr 2019 - 20:46 UT Launch site  MARS, LA-0B Launch vehicle  Antares-230 Mission  Science, Atmosphere Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  201 x 291 km Eccentricity   Inclination  51.6° Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• On Apr 17, 2019 the 10th Antares rocket took off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, placing Cygnus NG-11 (the S.S. Roger Chaffee) in low orbit at 2053 UTC and separating from the payload at 2055 UTC. The Chaffee reached the ISS on Apr 19, with SSRMS grapple at 0928 UTC and berthing on Unity nadir at about 1130 UTC. The NG-11 mission carries a large number of nanosatellites hosted on a variety of dispenser system.
• Four Planetary Systems Corp. CSD 3U deployers were attached to the Antares second stage, and ejected their payloads, SASSI2 and 12 ThinSats, at 2059 UTC Apr 17. Unusually, the payloads were not cataloged by US space tracking, and were expected to have reentered by around Apr 24.
• SASSI-2 (Student Aerothermal Spectrometer Satellite of Illinois and Indiana, correctly written as SASSI-superscript-2) is a 3U cubesat from the University of Illinois to study the diffuse bow shock of a satellite in low orbit.

External links:

• PURDUE: Satellite Information