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GASPACS [Utah State University]
GASPACS (Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite) is technological 1U CubeSat mission designed by the Utah State University, Logan, Utah .
The primary objective of the GASPACS mission is to deploy and rigidize a 1 meter long inflatable UV cured boom from a 1U CubeSat platform in low Earth orbit. The secondary objective is to measure attitude behavior of GASPACS to observe the effectiveness of the deployed boom assisting in a passive attitude control system.
In 2014, GASPACS was down-selected for a launch opportunity through the NASA ELaNa program.
The satellite was launched onboard the Dragon CRS-24 cargo spacecraft to the ISS, where it will be deployed later.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | technology |
| Operator: | Utah State University |
| Contractors: | Utah State University |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | None |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: | 409 km 421 km, 51.64 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GASPACS | 1998-067TB | 21.12.2021 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Dragon CRS-24, STP-H7, STP-H8, DAILI, PATCOOL, TARGIT, Light 1, GT 1, FEES 2 |
Launch Sites:
- CCK = NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
References:
- Utah State University: Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite - GASPACS, Undergraduate Research Cubesat Workshop, 2 August 2014
