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DemoSat 2
DemoSat 2 [Astranis]
The DemoSat 2 is a 3U CubeSat by Astranis to perform an UHF radio test for Astranis planned small GEO communications satellites.
The cubesat serves as a pathfinder for the technology to be used on Astranis' planned small GEO communications satellites. It carries an early prototype of their software-defined UHF radio technology. The mission demonstrated streaming HD videos up to the spacecraft, processed in real-time by the digital payload, and then sent back down again to the ground station in Alaska.
The satellite was launched in January 2018 as a piggy-back payload on an Indian PSLV-XL rocket.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology, communications |
| Operator: | Astranis |
| Contractors: | ? |
| Equipment: | Software-defined UHF radio payload |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | 494 km × 505 km, 97.56° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DemoSat 2 | 2018-004S | 12.01.2018 | Sr FLP | PSLV-XL | with Cartosat 2F, Microsat-TD, LEO Vantage 1, Carbonite 2, ICEYE X1, INS 1C, Arkyd 6A, CICERO 7, Landmapper-BC 3 v2, Lemur-2 68, ..., 71, Flock-3p' 1, ..., 4, MicroMAS 2a, PicSat, CANYVAL-X 1, 2, CNUSail 1, KAUSAT 5, SIGMA, GeoStare, Fox 1D, STEP Cube Lab, SpaceBEE 1, ..., 4 |
References:
- ISRO: PSLV-XL C40 Brochure
- SpaceNews: Startup plans to provide broadband using small GEO satellites, 1 March 2018
- Getting 4 billion people online
