TechEdSat 3
| TechEdSat 3 | |
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| Country: |
 United States
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| Operator: | San Jose State University, University of Idaho |
| COSPAR-ID : | 1998-067DD |
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| Dimensions: | 3 kg |
| Size: | 30 x 10 x 10 cm³ |
| Begin: | August 3, 2013, 19:48 UTC |
| Starting place: | Tanegashima Space Center |
| Launcher: | H-IIB |
| Orbit data | |
TechEdSat 3 ( English Technical and Educational Satellite 3 for technical and training satellite 3 ) was an American technology testing and amateur radio satellite . Designed and built the satellite was jointly organized by the San José State University (SJSU) and the University of Idaho under the direction of the Ames Research Center of NASA .
Structure and payload
TechEdSat 3 was a 3U cubesat . The main task of the satellite was to test a passive braking system. The predecessor was the CubeSat TechEdSat 1 .
Mission history
TechEdSat 3 was launched on August 3, 2013 19:48 UTC from Tanegashima Space Center on board the Japanese space freighter HTV-4 together with the small satellites ArduSat X , ArduSat 1 and Pico Dragon with an H-IIB to the space station ISS . On November 20, 2013, the CubeSat was launched into space from board the ISS with the help of a launch device.
On January 16, 2014, the satellite burned up in the earth's atmosphere.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b TechEdSat 3 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on May 28, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Gunter Krebs: TechEdSat 3rd Gunter's Space Page, August 3, 2013, accessed on August 4, 2013 (English).