SporeSat
| SporeSat | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Research satellite |
| Country: |
 United States
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| Operator: | Ames Research Center |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2014-022B |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 5.4 kg |
| Begin: | April 18, 2014, 19:25 UTC |
| Starting place: | Cape Canaveral LC-40 |
| Launcher: | Falcon 9 v1.1 |
| Status: | Burned up on June 4, 2014 |
| Orbit data | |
SporeSat was an American research satellite . It was built according to the Cubesat standard with a size of 3U. He should study the influence of gravity on the development of spores. The satellite was a joint project between the Ames Research Center of NASA and the Department of Agriculture of Purdue University .
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The launch took place on April 18, 2014 on board a Falcon 9 v1.1 as a secondary payload of the LC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Scientific mission
On board SporeSat there were three bowls with 32 fern spores each . Two of the bowls were rotated during the mission to simulate gravity. In the third bowl one observed the growth in weightlessness. As an amateur radio satellite , SporeSat transmitted the signal of a telemetry beacon every 5 seconds in the 70 centimeter band at 437.1 MHz with AX.25 .
On June 4, 2014, SporeSat entered the earth's atmosphere and burned up.
Web links
- SporeSat . NASA (English)
- SporeSat in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ CubeSat: Falcon 9 CRS-3 Launch 2014. (No longer available online.) December 7, 2014, archived from the original on December 10, 2014 ; Retrieved December 7, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Chris Peat: OBJECT B - Satellite Information. heavens above, December 7, 2014, accessed December 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Cubesats on Falcon April 9 , 2014, accessed December 10, 2014 .