Spacetrack Directory Name | CUNYSAT-1 |
Orbit launches | 2013-12-06 |
Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
Starting point | AFWTR (Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA) |
WWW | Here |
Perigee | 455 km |
Apogee | 800 km |
Design, assemble and test a basic pathfinder with mostly commericial-off-the-shelf components, 2: provide workforce experiences for undergraduate students and 3. to build capacity for faculty research. Gather information on battery and solar cell efficiencies as well as satellite spin. The original science objective was an investigation of ionospheric disturbances but this was de-scoped due to power constraints and postponed for another CubeSat mission.
satellite CUNYSAT-1 Date of exalting 06.12.2013y.