Subscribe with SteadyTY 4 (Xiaoxiang 4, XX 4)
Xiaoxiang 4 (XX 4), also known as TY 4 (Tianyi 4), is a commercial research nanosatellite developed by Spacety Aerospace Co. at the Changsha Gaoxinqu Tianyi Research Institute, Hunan.
The 8 kg satellite is built to the 6U CubeSat form factor.
TY 4 belongs to the aurora program and is a scientific satellite program, developed jointly by Tainyi research institute and the astrophysics center of Tsinghua university for X-ray polarization detection of the crab nebula. It detects with polarization the crab nebula and the internal pulsar by the 2-10 keV energy continuum X-ray mainly based on the photoelectric effect.
| Nation: | China |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Spacety Aerospace Co., Changsha Gaoxinqu Tianyi Research Institute, Hunan |
| Contractors: | Spacety Aerospace Co., Changsha Gaoxinqu Tianyi Research Institute, Hunan |
| Equipment: | Stabilized camera system |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (6U) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 8 kg |
| Orbit: | 500 km SSO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TY 4 (Tianyi 4, XX 4, Xiaoxiang 4) | - | 202x | Jq | Kuaizhou-11 | with JSBT, Xiangrikui 1A, Xiangrikui 1B, Yijian Duoxing, Zhongwei 1 |
Launch Sites:
- Jq = Jiuquan Space Center, Inner Mongolia, China
References:
- Spacty: Missions
Further TY missions:
- TY 1 (Tianyi 1, Xiaoxiang 1, XX 1)
- TY 1-02 (Xiaoxiang 1-02, TY 4)
- TY 1-03 (Xinghe, Tianfuguoxing, TY 3)
- TY 1-07 (Xiaoxiang 1-07)
- TY 1-08 (Xiaoxiang 1-08, Dianfeng)
- TY 2 (Tianyi 2, Xiaoxiang 2, XX 2)
- TY 3-01 (Xijiang Jiantong 1, TY 8)
- TY 4 (Tianyi 4, Xiaoxiang 4, XX 4) ?
- TY 4-01 (Changshagaoxin, TY 7)
- TY 4-02 (Tongchuan 1, Zhaojin, TY 5)
- TY 4-03 (Xiaoxiang-1 03, XX-1 03)
- TY 6 (QTT, Tianyi 6, Xiaoxiang 6, XX 6)
- TY 9 (Sagittarius 01)
- TY 10 (TFStar, Douyu 666)
- TY 16, TY 17 (Tianyi 16, 17)
- TY 20 (Beihangkongshi 1)
- TY 26
- TY 33
