AeroCube 3 [The Aerospace Corporation]
The AeroCube cubesats are 1 kg nanosatellites for technical research. They are built and operated by the Aerospace Corporation.
The AeroCube-3 mission is divided into two parts.
AeroCube 3 was successfully launched to orbit on a Minotaur-1 and conducted imaging experiments, a tether experiment and deployed a balloon as a deorbit device at the end of the mission.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | The Aerospace Corporation |
Contractors: | The Aerospace Corporation |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 1 kg |
Orbit: | 427 km × 466 km, 40.48° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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AeroCube 3 (AC 3) | 2009-028E | 19.05.2009 | WI LA-0B | Minotaur-1 | with TacSat 3, PharmaSat 1, HawkSat 1, CP 6 |