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Cross in Space [Arthur Blessitt]
The Cross in Space CubeSat was planned as a memorial satellite by traveling Christian preacher Arthur Blessitt carrying a miniature wooden cross and a microfiche version of the Bible.
The passive satellite was built at One Stop Satellite Solutions (OSSS). It was to be orbited in 2001 as a piggy-back-payload on a Dnepr launch.
For reasons unknown, this free flyer was cancelled and the memorial objects were launched instead in a Celestis container on mission Celestis 07, but were lost in a launch failure. Finally the objects were orbited with Celestis 11.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Memorial |
| Operator: | Arthur Blessitt |
| Contractors: | One Stop Satellite Solutions (OSSS) |
| Equipment: | None |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | None |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | < 1 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross in Space | - | cancelled | Ba LC-109/95 | Dnepr | with ? |
Launch Sites:
- Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, Kazakhstan
References:
- Arthur Blessitt: Cross in Space
