AeroCube 5 [The Aerospace Corporation]
AeroCube-5 is a CubeSat technology demonstration mission within the PicoSat Program of The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, USA. The AeroCube-5 CubeSat series of two spacecraft was also designated as AC5-A and AC5-B.
AeroCube 5 slightly modifies and upgrades the basic structural components of the AeroCube 4 series, so that the satellites have a 1.5U CubeSat form factor and a mass of ~2 kg. Its primary mission will be to test its pointing and tracking capabilities while on orbit.
The two satellites were launched as secondary payloads on an Atlas-5(501) rocket.
A third satellite, AeroCube 5C was launched in 2015 with OCSD A (AeroCube 7).
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | The Aerospace Corporation |
Contractors: | The Aerospace Corporation |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (1.5U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 2 kg |
Orbit: | 462 km × 889 km, 120.50° (#5A, 5B); 500 km × 802 km, 64.78° (#5C) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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AeroCube 5A (AC 5-A) | 2013-072D | 06.12.2013 | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-5(501) | with Topaz 3, ALICE, SMDC-ONE 3.1, SMDC-ONE 3.2, SNaP, TacSat 6, FIREBIRD FU1, FIREBIRD FU2, AeroCube 5B, CUNYSAT 1, IPEX, M-Cubed/COVE 2 | |
AeroCube 5B (AC 5-B) | 2013-072E | 06.12.2013 | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-5(501) | with Topaz 3, ALICE, SMDC-ONE 3.1, SMDC-ONE 3.2, SNaP, TacSat 6, FIREBIRD FU1, FIREBIRD FU2, AeroCube 5A, CUNYSAT 1, IPEX, M-Cubed/COVE 2 | |
AeroCube 5C (AC 5-C) | 2015-058B | 08.10.2015 | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-5(401) | with Intruder 11A, Intruder 11B, SNaP-3 ALICE, SNaP-3 EDDIE, SNaP-3 JIMI, LMRSTSat, SINOD-D 1, SINOD-D 3, OCSD A, ARC 1, BisonSat, Fox 1A, PropCube 1, PropCube 3 |