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ADAMASat [Kentucky Space]
ADAMASat (Antenna Deployment and Mono-filament Actuator Satellite) was a sub-orbital payload designed and developed by Kentucky Space.
ADAMASat was built to the 2U CubeSat form factor and was battery powered. It tested during an about 8 minutes duration suborbital flight the KySat-1 antenna deployment mechanism and actuator circuit. The purpose was to gain confidence of the antenna deployment mechanism that consists of a mono-filament wire wrapped around the satellite to hold down its antennas, and a Nichrome cutter that burns the monofilament line to release the antennas. ADAMASat performed four tests of this mechanism while in space.
ADAMASat was flown on a suborbital 8 minutes flight on a Terrier Mk.70 Improved Malemute sounding rocket together with the Cal Poly 1U cubesat test on the SOCEM (SubOrbital CubeSat Experimental Mission) mission.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Space Systems Lab |
| Contractors: | Space Systems Lab |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (2U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Batteries |
| Lifetime: | < 1 hour |
| Mass: | 2 kg |
| Orbit: | suborbital |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMASat | N/A | 27.03.2010 | WI LA-1-AML | * | Terrier Mk.70 Improved Malemute | with Cal Poly 1U, NASA 12.067GT |
* = suborbital
Launch Sites:
- WI = Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
References:
- Space Systems Laboratory: ADAMASat
