Aalto 2 [Aalto University]
Aalto 2 is a 2U-CubeSat mission built by the Aalto University of Aalto, Finland.
Aalto 2 features a multineedle Langmuir probe (mNLP) for the QB50 project sampling the electron density of the space around it. Aalto 2 is built to the 2U-CubeSat standard.
The satellite was launched with the bulk of the QB50 constellation to the ISS in 2017, from where they were deployed. Aalto 2 operated for four days, when problems with the communication systems appeared, leading to the loss of signal soon after.
Nation: | Finland |
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Type / Application: | Technology, thermospheric research |
Operator: | Aalto University |
Contractors: | Aalto University |
Equipment: | mNLP |
Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | 2 years |
Mass: | 2 kg |
Orbit: | 399 km × 406 km, 51.64° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Aalto 2 (QB50 FI01) | 1998-067MJ | 18.04.2017 | CC SLC-41 | Atlas-5(401) | with Cygnus CRS-7, ALTAIR 1, SUSat, UNSW-EC0, i-INSPIRE 2, ZA-AeroSat, nSIGHT 1, Ex-Alta 1, LilacSat 1, NJUST 1, Aoxiang 1, SOMP 2, QBITO, X-CubeSat, SpaceCube, DUTHSat, UPSat, Hoopoe, LINK, SNUSAT 1, SNUSAT 1b, qbee50-LTU-OC, BeEagleSat, HAVELSAT, Phoenix, PolyITAN-2-SAU, QBUS 1, QBUS 2, QBUS 4, IceCube, CSUNSat 1, CXBN 2, KySat 3, SHARC, Lemur-2 30, ..., 33 |