Aerocube 1

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Organization The Aerospace Corporation Launch Date 26th June 2006 Launch Site Baikonour Launcher DNEPR Dimensions 10 x 10 x 10 cm³ Satellite Mass 1 Kg

Aerocube 1 was created for a short life satellite (10 days), using Lithium batteries as primary batteries (no recharging). His mission was to test a communication system and the system bus plus a suite of CMOS cameras done by Harvey Mudd College. The satellite has no deployables. Instead an omnidirectional patch antenna is used. Due to a launch failure, Aerocube 1 was destroyed.

[edit] External links

• The Aerospace Corporation Official Site