
Hermes [CoSGC]
Hermes plans to improve CubeSat communications through the on-orbit testing of a high data-rate communication system that will allow the downlink of large quantities of data, making CubeSat imaging or high-data quantity science easily feasible.
Another objective of the project is to create a reproducible and extensible spacecraft bus in the support of future missions. This will allow future CoSGC CubeSat teams to focus more on the science aspects of low-earth orbit spaceflight, rather than the logistics of designing a spacecraft.
Similarly, the final specified mission objective is to characterize the typical CubeSat environment. This will occur through the gathering of temperature and magnetic field data throughout the flight.
The launch on a Taurus-3110 failed on 04.03.2011 when the payload fairing did not separate.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Colorado Space Grant Consortium (CoSGC) |
| Contractors: | Colorado Space Grant Consortium (CoSGC) |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes | 04.03.2011 | Va 576E | F | Taurus-3110 | with Glory, E1P, KySat 1 |
| Hermes 2 | 2013 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.1 | with Dragon CRS-3, ALL-STAR-THEIA, Ho‘oponopono 2, TechCube 1, LMRSat, FIREBIRD A, FIREBIRD B, CUNYSAT 1 |