GASPACS
| Mission type | Technology demonstration |
|---|---|
| Operator | Get Away Special Team, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States |
| COSPAR ID | {{#property:P247}} |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 December 2021, 10:07:08 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9, B1069.1 |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Deployment date | 26 January 2022 |
GASPACS (Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite) is a 1U CubeSat satellite developed by the Get Away Special Team, an undergraduate research team within the physics department at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.[2] GASPACS launched on the SpaceX CRS-24 Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station on 21 December 2021. Its primary mission was to deploy a meter-long inflatable boom in low Earth orbit and transmit a clear photograph of the deployed boom to Earth. The inflatable boom also serves to passively stabilize the rotation of the satellite due to aerodynamic drag in orbit. The satellite is a part of NASA's 38th Educational Launch of Nanosatellites mission.[3]
On 26 January 2022, the satellite was deployed into orbit by astronauts Raja Chari and Thomas Marshburn via the Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer. On the same day, the Get Away Special Team declared the mission accomplished after receiving visual confirmation of the successful deployment of the inflatable boom.[4]
References
- ↑ "Live coverage: SpaceX hoping weather cooperates for predawn launch in Florida". Spaceflight Now. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ↑ "Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite". usu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-30. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jason Costa (17 December 2021). "ELaNa 38 CubeSats: Small Satellites Making a Big Impact". nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 2022-01-28. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Mary-Ann Muffoletto (26 January 2022). "Utah 'Space' University: GAS Team's Satellite Successfully Deployed from ISS". usu.edu. Utah State University. Retrieved 2022-01-28. Unknown parameter
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See also
Category:Spacecraft launched in 2021 Category:Student satellites Category:CubeSats
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