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CANYVAL-X 1, 2 (Tom, Jerry)
CANYVAL-X 1 and 2 []
CANYVAL-X (CubeSat Astronomy by NASA and Yonsei using Vision ALignment eXperiment) is a mission consisting of an 1U and a 2U cubesat developed at Yonsei University, South Korea in collaboration with NASA.
The CANYVAL-X project has an aim of demonstrating the Vision Alignment System by maintaining flight formation of two seperated CubeSats and ultimatley prove a possiblity of virtual telescope system which is consisted of the optic satellite to focus a light from the sun and the detector satellite.
The satellites were to launched as secondary payloads on a Falcon-9 v1.2 rocket, but was later moved to a PSLV-XL rocket. They are expected to operate for three to six months.
Launch and deployment was successful, but the satellite apparently failed to work.
| Nation: | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Yonsei University, NASA |
| Contractors: | Yonsei University, NASA |
| Equipment: | Visible Light Camera (NanoCam) (#1); 3 Laser Diodes (#2) |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (2U) (#1); CubeSat (1U) (#2) |
| Propulsion: | 1 DOF mCAT x4 (#1); none (#2) |
| Power: | 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries (#1); solar cells, batteries (#2) |
| Lifetime: | 3-6 months |
| Mass: | 2.7 kg (#1); 1 kg (#1) |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANYVAL-X 1 (Tom) | 2018-004G ? | 12.01.2018 | Sr FLP | PSLV-XL | with Cartosat 2F, Microsat-TD, LEO Vantage 1, Carbonite 2, ICEYE X1, INS 1C, Arkyd 6A, CICERO 7, Landmapper-BC 3 v2, Lemur-2 68, ..., 71, Flock-3p' 1, ..., 4, MicroMAS 2a, PicSat, CANYVAL-X 2, CNUSail 1, KAUSAT 5, SIGMA, DemoSat 2, GeoStare, Fox 1D, STEP Cube Lab, SpaceBEE 1, ..., 4 | |
| CANYVAL-X 2 (Jerry) | 2018-004G ? | 12.01.2018 | Sr FLP | PSLV-XL | with Cartosat 2F, Microsat-TD, LEO Vantage 1, Carbonite 2, ICEYE X1, INS 1C, Arkyd 6A, CICERO 7, Landmapper-BC 3 v2, Lemur-2 68, ..., 71, Flock-3p' 1, ..., 4, MicroMAS 2a, PicSat, CANYVAL-X 1, CNUSail 1, KAUSAT 5, SIGMA, DemoSat 2, GeoStare, Fox 1D, STEP Cube Lab, SpaceBEE 1, ..., 4 |
References:
- In-Seuck Jeung, Ji Hyun Park: Recent status of CubeSat development as the UNISEC-Global activity: Korea, The Second UNISEC-Global Meeting, 18-20 November 2014
- NASA: CANYVAL-X
