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SkyCube
SkyCube in undeployed state
Mission type
Earth imaging
Operator
Southern Stars
COSPAR ID
1998-067EN
SATCAT no.
39569
Mission duration
60 - 90 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type
1U CubeSat
Manufacturer
Nanoracks
Launch mass
1.3 kg (2.9 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date
9 January 2014, 18:07:05 UTC
Rocket
Antares 120
Launch site
MARS, LP-0A
Contractor
Orbital Sciences
Deployed from
International Space Station
Deployment date
28 February 2014
End of mission
Last contact
27 March 2014
Decay date
9 November 2014
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime
Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude
408 km (254 mi)
Apogee altitude
414 km (257 mi)
Inclination
51.65°
Period
92.79 minutes
SkyCube was an American crowdsourced CubeSat. It was first announced on Kickstarter on 14 July 2012 and successfully funded on 12 September 2012, meeting its US$82,500 goal with a total of US$116,890. It was developed and built in 2012–2013, completed flight integration at Nanoracks in late 2013,[2] and launched aboard the Cygnus CRS Orb-1 flight[3] at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia on 9 January 2014. SkyCube was deployed from the International Space Station on 28 February 2014. Contact with the satellite was last made on 27 March 2014. SkyCube re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 9 November 2014.[4] It is one of several crowdfunded satellites launched during the 2010s.[5]
^McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^"Nanoracks Completes Flight Integration of CubeSats Bound on Orb1 to the ISS". 15 November 2013.
^"New Science Bound for Station on Orbital's Cygnus". 4 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^"About Southern Stars". Retrieved 10 December 2022.
^Reyes, Matthew (7 April 2014). "DIY Satellites: Now and Near Future | Make". makezine.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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