The TechEdSat 12 (TES 12) is a 3U CubeSat from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, is a 3U CubeSat which will be used to test several technologies intended to help better track and identify CubeSats and other small spacecraft from the ground.
The CubeSat will include a radio frequency identification tag, a passive radar reflector that includes a unique spacecraft identifier, and a L-band tracking system. As the number of spacecraft are flown in Earth orbit increases and the size of those spacecraft decreases, systems such as these have the potential to aid future space situational awareness and space traffic management.
It was selected in 2020 by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) to be launched as part of the ELaNa program.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Technology, education |
| Operator: | NASA Ames Research Center |
| Contractors: | NASA Ames Research Center |
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| Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| TechEdSat 12 (TES 12) | - | 202x | with ? |
