AeroCube 3 [The Aerospace Corporation]
The AeroCube cubesats are 1 kg nanosatellites for technical research. They are built and operated by the Aerospace Corporation.
The launch of AeroCube 1 was not successful, as the Dnepr failed 86 sec after launch.
AeroCube 2 was successfully orbited on a Dnepr, but failed immediately after launch due to a faulty power system. It was to have deployed a balloon as a deorbit device at the end of the mission.
AeroCube 3 was successfully launched to orbit on a Minotaur-1 and conducted imaging experiments, a tether experiment and deployed a balloon as a deorbit device at the end of the mission.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | The Aerospace Corporation |
Contractors: | The Aerospace Corporation |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 1 kg |
Orbit: | 648 km × 770 km, 98.09° (#2); 427 km × 466 km, 40.48° (#3) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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AeroCube 1 (AC 1) | 2006-F03 | 26.07.2006 | Ba LC-109/95 | F | Dnepr | with BelKa 1, Baumanets 1, Unisat 4, PicPot, CP 1, CP 2, HAUSAT 1, ICECube 1, ICECube 2, ION, KUTESat-Pathfinder, Mea Huaka'i, MEROPE, Ncube 1, Rincon 1, SACRED, SEEDS |
AeroCube 2 (AC 2) | 2007-012R | 17.04.2007 | Ba LC-109/95 | Dnepr | with EgyptSat 1, Saudisat 3, SaudiComsat 3, SaudiComsat 4, SaudiComsat 5, SaudiComsat 6, SaudiComsat 7, CP 3, CP 4, CAPE 1, Libertad 1, CSTB 1, MAST | |
AeroCube 3 (AC 3) | 2009-028E | 19.05.2009 | WI LA-0B | Minotaur-1 | with TacSat 3, PharmaSat 1, HawkSat 1, CP 6 |