Cresst Dream Comet

The Cresst Dream Comet is developed by the University of Cambridge is 3U CubeSat is small technology demonstration satellite.

The 3U CubeSat is to be deployed from a standard CubeSat dispenser to demonstrate a step change propulsion system that has the potential to permit every high school and university to have their own low-cost spacecraft for interplanetary exploration.

The satellite was to be one of the passengers on the maiden launch of the Firefly-Alpha (Block 1) rocket in 2021, but missed the launch.

Nation:	USA
Type / Application:	Technology
Operator:	Cambridge University
Contractors:	Cambridge University
Equipment:
Configuration:	CubeSat (3U)
Propulsion:
Power:	Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit:

Satellite	COSPAR	Date	LS		Launch Vehicle	Remarks
Cresst Dream Comet	-	202x				with ?

References:

Firefly Aerospace: Firefly Alpha NESDIS Information Submission

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