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Hiapo [HSTM]
Hiapo was an educational 1U CubeSat developed by the Hawaii Science and Technology Museum (HSTM).
The Hiapo project was a unique platform being used to provide engaging meaningful hands-on STEM curriculum for Hawaii students K-12. Part of this curriculum involves obtaining data about solar flares solar particle events and the disturbances of the Earths magnetic field. They can also collect data on solar events with relation to the propagation of radio waves reflected or refracted back towards the Earth from the ionosphere. During the lifespan of this mission that data was to be available for amateur operators to download directly from the satellite.
The satellite was one of the passengers on the maiden launch of the Firefly-Alpha (Block 1) rocket and was lost in the launch failure.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Education, technology |
| Operator: | Hawaii Science and Technology Museum (HSTM) |
| Contractors: | Hawaii Science and Technology Museum (HSTM) |
| Equipment: | Magnetometer |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiapo | 2021-F08 | 03.09.2021 | Va SLC-2W | F | Firefly-Alpha (Block 1) | with Serenity, BSS 1, FossaSat 1b, FossaSat 2, GENESIS L, GENESIS N, Qubik 1, Qubik 2, Spinnaker-3/Firefly Capsule 1 |
Launch Sites:
- Va = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
References:
- IARU: Hiapo
