HawkSat 1
Hawksat 1
HawkSat 1 is Hawk Institute for Space Sciences (HISS) first satellite and will utilize commercial off-the-shelf components. Because of a fast-track production schedule planned to meet the upcoming launch date, the HISS design will leverage the strengths of a CubeSat kit produced by Pumpkin, Inc., a firm specializing in satellite design kits.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Hawk Institute for Space Sciences (HISS) |
| Contractors: | Pumpkin, Inc. (bus) |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawkSat 1 | 19.05.2009 | WI LA-0B | Minotaur-1 | with TacSat 3, PharmaSat 1, CP 6, AeroCube 3 |
