RINCON-1
| RINCON-1 | |
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| Type: | Cubesat |
| Country: |
 United States
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| Operator: | University of Arizona |
| Mission dates | |
| Size: | 10 × 10 × 10 cm |
| Begin: | July 26, 2006, 19:43 UTC |
| Starting place: | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launcher: | Dnepr |
| Status: | destroyed in case of false start |
| Orbit data | |
RINCON-1 was a Cubesat built by students at the University of Arizona . It was supposed to be launched into space on July 26, 2006 with a Ukrainian Dnepr rocket. However, due to a technical defect in the rocket's engine, the satellite never reached space.
Components
RINCON-1 consisted of the following components:
- 6 solar cells
- an aluminum frame
- a power board with batteries and a power converter
- a control board with a microcontroller
- a communication board should enable 2-way communication
Mission goal
RINCON-1 was equipped with a circuit board developed by RINCON-Research, on which various experiments were attached.