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Mayflower-Caerus
Mayflower-Caerus [USC]
Mayflower-Caerus is a triple unit Cubesat built as a joint mission by Novaworks of Northrop Grumman and the University of Southern California as a technology mission. It is a 3U-size CubeSat with propulsion that has eight Pumpkin deployable solar panels unfurled into two arrays.
Mayflower is 2U Cubesat sized module built by Novaworks as a next-generation CubeSat Flight Testbed.
Caerus is a 1U CubeSat structure used as the payload module of the spacecraft. University of Southern California built the module based on a Pumpkin 1U CubeSat kit. It transmitts beacon data in the Amateur Band.
The satellite was successfully deployed in orbit, but no signals were received. Mayflower-Caerus reentered on 22 December 2010.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Northrop Grumman (Mayflower); University of Southern California (Caerus) |
| Contractors: | Northrop Grumman; University of Southern California; Pumpkin Inc. (Caerus) |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) consisting of a 1U bus and 2U payload modules, two deployable solar arrays |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 5 kg |
| Orbit: | 273 km × 300 km, 34.53° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayflower-Caerus | 2010-066J | 08.12.2010 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.0 | with Dragon C1, SMDC-ONE 1, QbX 1, QbX 2, Perseus 000, Perseus 001, Perseus 002, Perseus 003 |
References:
- NSSDC Master Catalog: Mayflower
- University of Southern California: Caerus website
