AggieSat 2 (DRAGONSAT 2)
AggieSat 2 is a picosat mission of Texas A&M. It is sponsored under NASA JPL's LONESTAR (Low Earth Orbiting Navigation Experiment for Spacecraft Testing Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking) program.
The mission is to test a GPS unit designed and built in house by NASA Johnson. Texas A&M and the University of Texas were required to build 5" cubesat spacecraft buses and support systems for the GPS units.
AggieSat2 and Bevo 1 are collectively known as DRAGONSAT (Dual Radio Frequencies Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator Satellite).
The satellite was deployed together with its sister satellite Bevo 1 from Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-127), but the satellites failed to separate from each other.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | Texas A&M University |
Contractors: | Texas A&M University |
Equipment: | DRAGON GPS Receiver |
Configuration: | 5" cube |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 3.5 kg |
Orbit: | 325 km × 332 km, 51.64° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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AggieSat 2 (DRAGONSAT 2) | 2009-038B | 15.07.2009 | CCK LC-39A | p | Shuttle | with Endeavour F23 (STS-127), JEF (JEM-EF), JLE (JEM-ELM-ES), SEDA-AP, MAXI, ICS-EF, ANDE-2 AA, ANDE-2 PA, Bevo 1 / failed to separate from Bevo 1 |