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IPEX (CP 8) [Calpoly]
NASA/JPL's IPEX (Intelligent Payload Experiment) mission was a 1U Cubesat project to demonstrate operation of autonomous instrument processing, downlink operations, and ground station operations, utilizing the SpaceCube Mini payload processing unit to validate a reduction in data product downlink.
The development of IPEX was conducted by the following centers/institutions:
- JPL manageed the project and developed the autonomous flight software and ground station software, CASPER (Continuous Activity Scheduling Planning Execution and Replanning) and ASPEN (Automated Scheduling and Planning Environment).
- NASA/GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center) developed the Space Cube Mini payload processing unit.
- Cal Poly of San Luis Obispo designed the spacecraft bus, cameras, attitude control, flight avionics software, and integrates/builds the flight unit.
IPEX was successfully launched on 6 December 2013 on the ELaNa-2 mission. The last transmission heard from it was on 30 January 2015.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | NASA/JPL, NASA/GSFC, Cal Poly Picosatellite Project (PolySat) |
| Contractors: | NASA/JPL, NASA/GSFC, Cal Poly Picosatellite Project (PolySat) |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: | 462 km × 889 km, 120.50 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPEX (CP 8) | 2013-072K | 06.12.2013 | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-5(501) | with Topaz 3, ALICE, SMDC-ONE 3.1, SMDC-ONE 3.2, SNaP, TacSat 6, FIREBIRD FU1, FIREBIRD FU2, AeroCube 5A, AeroCube 5B, CUNYSAT 1, M-Cubed/COVE 2 |
Launch Sites:
- Va = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA
References:
- eoPortal Directory: IPEX
- Cal Poly: CP8 (IPEX)
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