Prox-1
Satellite information Prox-1 - 2019-036A
| Spacetrack Directory Name | Prox-1 |
| Alternative name | 2019-036A |
| Follow Prox-1 | Prox-1 Tracker |
| Pass predictions Prox-1 | Pass predictions Prox-1 |
| Orbit launches |
2019-06-25 g.02:00 (5 years ago)
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| Days in orbit | 1979 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| WWW | Here |
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| Perigee | 707 km |
| Apogee | 723 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 24° |
| Laps per day | 15 |
| Height Prox-1 | 671.41 km |
Additional information Prox-1
LightSail is a project to demonstrate controlled solar sailing within low Earth orbit using a CubeSat. The project was developed by The Planetary Society, a global non-profit organization devoted to space exploration. It consists of two spacecraft?LightSail 1 and LightSail 2. LightSail 1 was an engineering demonstration mission designed to test its new sail deployment method in space, it did not perform solar sailing. LightSail 2 is a fully functional spacecraft intended to demonstrate true solar sailing, and incorporates the lessons learned from LightSail 1. LightSail is a follow-on project to Cosmos 1?a solar sail spacecraft designed by The Planetary Society in the early 2000s which was destroyed during a launch failure in 2005.
Both LightSail spacecraft measure 10 cm × 10 cm × 30 cm (3.9 in × 3.9 in × 11.8 in) in their stowed configuration. After sail deployment, the total area of each spacecraft is 32 square meters (340 sq ft).
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Frequency Prox-1
In the table below we show the frequencies Prox-1.
| Uplink | Downlink | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| 437.345 MHz |
2300.000 MHz | |
| 2306.500 MHz | FSK |
