Swampsat

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Launch data: Designation  39402 / 13064Y Launch date  20 Nov 2013 - 01:15 UT Launch site  WI, LA-0B Launch vehicle  Minotaur-1 Mission  Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  377 x 397 km Eccentricity   Inclination  40.5 ° Period  92.1 min

Description:

• SwampSat is a student-developed nanosat mission of the University of Florida (UFL) in Gainesville, FL, USA.
• The goal of the project is to test advanced CMGs (Control Moment Gyroscopes) designed for smallsats to increase the capabilities and hence the utility of CubeSats. The satellite will demonstrate on-orbit precision three axes attitude control using a pyramidal configuration of CMGs. The satellite is designed around the 1U CubeSat form factor and the architecture is subsystem based.