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Orion (SQUIRT 5)
Orion [Stanford Univ.]
Orion, a student-built mission designed to demonstrate navigation and control of formation flying microsatellites on-orbit, was to use for the first time carrier-phase differential GPS (CDGPS) for precise relative navigation (25 centimeters) of satellites in close proximity.
The Orion spacecraft have a cold-gas propulsion system for maneuvering the vehicles, allowing a real-time demonstration of formation flying control using various control modes and formation configurations. A successful Orion mission will demonstrate some of the key formation flying technologies required to form a "virtual spacecraft bus" for many future NASA and DoD science missions.
Launch of a single Orion satellite was planned together with two Emerald satellites on a Shuttle mission in 2005, but was finally cancelled.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Stanford University |
| Contractors: | Stanford University |
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| Configuration: | cube |
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| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| Orion (SQUIRT 5) | - | cancelled | CCK LC-39 | Shuttle | with ? |
References:
- Zsolt Király, Brian Engberg, Franz Busse, Robert J. Twiggs, Jonathan P. How: The Orion Microsatellite: A Demonstration of Formation Flying in Orbit
Further SQUIRT missions:
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Further University Nanosat Program (UNP) missions:
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