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PTD R [NASA Ames]
The PTD R (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator R) is a 6U CubeSat technology demonstration mission.
Each PTD mission consists of a 6-unit (6U) CubeSat weighing approximately 12 kilograms and measuring 30 cm × 25 cm × 10 cm. Each PTD spacecraft will also be equipped with deployable solar arrays that provide an average of 44 watts of power while in orbit.
It carris Lawrence Livermore National Labs Deep Purple payload. This includes two monolithic telescopes (one for UV and the other for VIS/SWIR imaging), as well as a compact electronics module, and a novel, lightweight, carbon-composite optical housing and radiator. Its mission objectives are to observe UV and SWIR light from high-UV stars and the Milky Ways galactic bulge, as well as to demonstrate space domain awareness.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | NASA Ames Research Center |
| Contractors: | NASA Ames Research Center; Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.(bus) |
| Equipment: | Deep Purple |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (6U) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 12 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| PTD R (PTD 5, Tyvak 0127) | 2024-149BH | 16.08.2024 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Capella 15, Tyche, AWS, QPS-SAR 8, Van Zyl 1, Tanager 1, EagleEye, Umbra-SAR 09, 10, ICEYE X33, X39, X40, X43, ŅuSat 48, ..., 50, GNOMES 5, Hawk 10A, 10B, 10C, LUR 1, ION-SCV 012, Sedna 1, Lemur-2 193, ..., 196, Hubble 3, ERNST, CAKRA 1, BRO 14, 15, Connecta-IoT 1, ..., 4, CUAVA 2, Hyperfield 1A, HYPSO 2, Iperdrone.0, Kanyini, Lemu Nge, Φ-sat 2, PTD 4, PTD R, Sateliot 1, 2, 3, 4, Tomorrow S1, 2, TROOP F2, Waratah Seed 1, WREN 1, Flock-4be 1, ..., 36, GNA-3, Lemur-2 191, 192, Nightjar, QUBE, SATORO T2, TORO, UM5-EOSat, UM5-Ribat, Deimos, Lopen, Rock, OreSat 0.5, GaindéSat 1A, Pico 1B-1, ..., 9 |
Launch Sites:
- Va = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
References:
- Terran Orbital: Pathfinder-R - Deep Purple Optical Imaging Payload
Further PTD missions:
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