IOCPS B - Norad ID: 43042
| Spacetrack Directory Name | AEROCUBE 7B |
| Alternative name | IOCPS B |
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| Days in orbit | 1727 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | WLPIS (Wallops Island) |
| WWW | Here |
| Perigee | 427 km |
| Apogee | 432 km |
Demonstrate optical communications from a CubeSat to a 30 cm diameter ground station from LEO at a rate of at least 5 Mbps. Demonstrate tracking of a nearby spacecraft using a commercial COTS automotive anti-collision radar sensor and an inexpensive optical mouse sensor. Optical comm rate of 200 Mbps demonstrated in 2018. First demo of free-flying LEO cubesat optical comm to the ground.