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CANYVAL-C 1, 2 (Pumbaa, Timon)
CANYVAL-C 2 and 1 [Yonsei University]
CANYVAL-C (CubeSat Astronomy by NASA and Yonsei using Vision ALignment Coronagraph) is a mission consisting of an 1U and a 2U cubesat developed at Yonsei University, South Korea in collaboration with NASA.
The CANYVAL-C mission is aimed at scientific validation of photographing the sun’s corona. This mission is the application of Virtual Telescope technology that uses several discrete satellites as a space telescope. The mission requires development of inertial alignment hold technology, spacecraft formation flying GNC technology and inter-satellite link technology. CANYVAL-C is a follow-on mission to the CANYVAL-X technical experiment mission of virtual telescope, and expects further projects of solar science and X-ray objective science mission.
The CANYVAL-C system consists of two CubeSats, Pumbaa and Timon. Pumbaa, the occulter, is a 2U CubeSat that covers the sun for corona imaging. Timon, the detector, is an 1U CubeSat that takes a coronagraph with an optical camera.
The CubeSats were planned to be launched in July 2019, but were delayed to March 2021.
| Nation: | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Yonsei University, NASA |
| Contractors: | Yonsei University, NASA |
| Equipment: | (#1); (#2) |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (2U) (#1); CubeSat (1U) (#2) |
| Propulsion: | ? (#1); ? (#2) |
| Power: | 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries (#1); solar cells, batteries (#2) |
| Lifetime: | 3-6 months |
| Mass: | 3 kg (#1); 1 kg (#1) |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANYVAL-C 1 (Pumbaa) | 2021-022G ? | 22.03.2021 | Ba LC-31/6 | Soyuz-2-1a Fregat | with CAS500 1, ELSA-d Servicer, ELSA-d Client, GRUS 1B, ..., 1E, Najm 1, DMSat 1, UniSat 7, BCCSAT 1, FEES, DIY 1, SMOG 1, STECCO, SAMSON 1, 2, 3, Kepler 6, 7, NanoSatC-Br 2, KMSL, CANYVAL-C 2, BeeSat 5, ..., 8, Hiber 3, CubeSX-HSE, CubeSX-Sirius-HSE, Orbicraft-Zorkiy, WildTrackCube-SIMBA, GRBAlpha, 3B5GSAT, LacunaSat 2b, ChallengeOne, KSU-Cubesat | |
| CANYVAL-C 2 (Timon) | 2021-022G ? | 22.03.2021 | Ba LC-31/6 | Soyuz-2-1a Fregat | with CAS500 1, ELSA-d Servicer, ELSA-d Client, GRUS 1B, ..., 1E, Najm 1, DMSat 1, UniSat 7, BCCSAT 1, FEES, DIY 1, SMOG 1, STECCO, SAMSON 1, 2, 3, Kepler 6, 7, NanoSatC-Br 2, KMSL, CANYVAL-C 1, BeeSat 5, ..., 8, Hiber 3, CubeSX-HSE, CubeSX-Sirius-HSE, Orbicraft-Zorkiy, WildTrackCube-SIMBA, GRBAlpha, 3B5GSAT, LacunaSat 2b, ChallengeOne, KSU-Cubesat / not deployed |
References:
- Yonsei University: CANYVAL-C
