2013年11月4日23:30UTC、Minotaur-1ロケットにより、Wallops Flight Facility
から19個の ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) 衛星が打上げられ
ます。全て NASA と連携している米国の教育用の小型衛星です。順に紹介します。
Information (C)IARU, (C)Zarya からは引用許可を得ています。
Black Knight-1
United States Military Academy 陸軍士官学校
1U cubesat intended to test a passive 2 axis
attitude control system and a C328R camera.
Downlink: 437.345MHz
COPPER
Parks College, Saint Louis University セントルイス大学
2U CubeSat, identical to Argus-1, intended to collect
in-space radiation-event data on test circuits to help
calibrate new models for predicting the effects of
radiation on space electronics.
Downlink: 437.290MHz 9600bps
DragonSat-1
Drexel University ドレクセル大学
1U cubesat project with a mission to take pictures
of aurora (northern and southern lights) to observe
the radiation dissipation intensity during the solar
events, and to perform a technology demonstration of
boom deployment mechanism in space.
Downlink: 145.870MHz
Lunar Orbiter/Lander CubeSat
Vermont Technical College, University of Vermont バーモント大学
1U cubesat, testing software and an imager for an eventual
lunar orbiter/lander cubesat that will be sent to the Moon
via a launch to geosynchronous orbit. Information (C)Zarya
Downlink: ?
TetherSat
Naval Research Laboratory 海軍研究所
3U cubesat that splits into two with a 1km tether to test
electrodynamic tether propulsion.
Downlink: Tethersat-1, 437.100MHz 9k6 AX25 GFSK
Tethersat-2, 437.305MHz 9k6 AX25 GFSK
TJ3Sat
Thomas Jefferson High School トーマス･ジェファーソン高校
The cubesat is expected to broadcast speech converted from
a text string that is transmitted by the ground station.
However, the main mission of the satellite is to develop
resources that other students can use in the development
of their own satellites and in their exploration of space.
Dwonlink: 437.320MHz
Trailblazer-1
University of New Mexico ニューメキシコ大学
1U cubesat intended to a variety of space weather projects
including a dosimeter, gyro and magnetometer.
Downlink: 437,425MHz