StangSat [NASA]
StangSat is one component of the joint CP-9/StangSat experiment, which is a collaboration between PolySat at Cal Poly and the Merritt Island High School, and is sponsored by NASA Launch Services Program (LSP).
PolySat is developing a 2U CubeSat, CP9 (LEO), and Merritt Island high school is developing StangSat, a 1U CubeSat.
The CP9-StangSat mission will measure and record in-situ telemetry data from within the P-POD during launch. Specifically, the CP9 and StangSat CubeSats will record thermal data with a k-type thermocouple and dynamic data using two sets of accelerometers measuring ranges of ±10 g and ±100 g.
In addition to collecting the telemetry data during launch, the CP9-StangSat mission will demonstrate new technologies within the P-POD platform, including power-on capability and more notably, wireless communication. StangSat will stream its telemetry data in real-time via WiFi to CP9 during launch, violating the existing CubeSat specification prohibiting RF within the P-POD. Demonstrating wireless communication within the P-POD can benefit future missions that do not wish to develop satellite-to-ground radio links. These type of missions can utilize another CubeSat to downlink their data and possibly avoid the necessity of developing a complicated radio.
StangSat is a battery powered 1U CubeSat, which is only active during the launch phase. The StangSat mission ends with the ejection from the P-POD. It was launched on the ELaNa-15 mission.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | Merritt Island High School |
Contractors: | Merritt Island High School |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Batteries |
Lifetime: | few hours |
Mass: | 1 kg |
Orbit: | 302 km × 847 km, 28.53° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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StangSat | 2019-036Y ? | 25.06.2019 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-Heavy (Block 5) | with DSX , FORMOSAT 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F, GPIM, OTB 1, NPSat 1, Oculus-ASR, Prox 1, LightSail 2, ARMADILLO, FalconSat 7, E-TBEx A, E-TBEx B, PSat 2, BRICSat 2, Prometheus 2.6, Prometheus Mass Model, TEPCE 1, 2, CP 9 (LEO) |