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COMPASS 2 DragSail-Cubesat [FH Aachen]
The COMPASS-2 or DragSail-Cubesat cubesat project is conducted at the Fachhochschule Aachen for educational purposes and technology demonstration.
COMPASS-2 is an universal experimental satellite bus, providing the subsystems for the payloads such as electric power, data storage and handling, attitude control and communication. The center 1U module contains the satellite's avionics, while the two outer 1U payload boxes offer companies and universities an easy way to test and validate their experiments in space.
One of the payloads is a deployable DragSail. This payload increases the satellites drag ratio for a controlled re-entry into the earths atmosphere.
The other payload tests inovative deployable thin film solar cells.
The satellite is one of two QB50 IOD satellites, which were to be launched on a Dnepr rocket on the QB50-DS flight. As the availability of Dnepr had become doubtful, they were transfered to an Indian PSLV-XL launch.
| Nation: | Germany |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Fachhochschule Aachen |
| Contractors: | Fachhochschule Aachen |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 4 kg |
| Orbit: | 496 km × 513 km, 97.45° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPASS 2 (DragSail-Cubesat, QB50 DE04) | 2017-036N | 23.06.2017 | Sr FLP | PSLV-XL | with Cartosat 2E, NIUSAT, CE-SAT 1, Max Valier Sat, Venta 1, CICERO 6, Lemur-2 34, ..., 41, Blue Diamond, Green Diamond, Red Diamond, InflateSail, LituanicaSAT 2, URSA MAIOR, NUDTSat, Pegasus, UCLSat, VZLUsat 1, D-Sat, PACSCISAT, Aalto 1, ROBUSTA 1B, SUCHAI, skCUBE, IDEA |
Launch Sites:
- Sr = Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India
References:
- Fachhochschule Aachen:COMPASS-Two
