AESP-14

AESP-14

An 1U cubesat similar to the AESP-14 satellite.
Mission type Ionospheric research
Operator Technology Institute of Aeronautics (ITA)
Website http://www.aer.ita.br/~aesp14/
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer ITA
Launch mass 5 kilograms (11 lb)
Dimensions 30 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm
(11.8 in × 3.9 in × 3.9 in)
Start of mission
Launch date 10 January 2015, 09:47:10 (2015-01-10UTC09:47:10Z) UTC
Rocket Falcon 9 v1.1
Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Contractor SpaceX
Deployed from Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer
Deployment date 5 February 2015
Entered service 5 February 2015, 12:50 (2015-02-05UTC12:50Z) UTC
End of mission
Decay date 11 May 2015

AESP-14 is a Brazilian 1U Cubesat developed by multiple Brazilian institutions. It was launched on 10 January 2015 aboard the SpaceX CRS-5 mission on a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket. It was the first Brazilian Cubesat ever launched into space.[1]

On 5 February, the satellite was deployed from the International Space Station using the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer,[2] but an unknown malfunction caused it to be unable to transmit any data back to Earth. The satellite reentered the atmosphere on 11 May 2015.[3]

Launch

Launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying CRS-5

The launch of the CRS-5 mission, as well as AESP-14, was postponed three times from 16 December 2014 to 10 January 2015.[4] The launch successfully occurred on 10 January 2015.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AESP-14 CubeSat released from International Space Station". Spaceflight 101. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Brazilian AESP-14 CubeSat was deployed from Kibo". JAXA. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Re-Entry May 2015 - AESP-14". Spaceflight 101. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Heiney, Anna (7 January 2015). "Next SpaceX Launch Attempt Saturday, Jan. 10". NASA. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Graham, William (10 January 2015). "CRS-5 Dragon successfully launched – Core ASDS landing attempted". NASA Spaceflight. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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