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Re: Nanoracks small experiment host module for ISS
« Reply #500 on: 03/05/2015 03:11 pm »
NASA Deploys Satellite Designed to Re-enter Atmosphere Using Revamped Drag Device

http://www.nasa.gov/ames/nasa-deploys-satellite-designed-to-re-enter-atmosphere-using-revamped-drag-device/

NASA mission controllers confirmed that a small satellite launched from the International Space Station at 5:30 p.m. PST on Tuesday, March 3, has successfully entered its orbit, setting the stage to test technology that could enable rapid return of payloads from space. Over the next four weeks, the TechEdSat-4 satellite will deploy a second-generation exo-brake, an aerodynamic drag device, to perform a maneuver that will cause the satellite to de-orbit and re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

"The exo-brake is a self-stabilizing exospheric deorbiting mechanism that will allow us to return a payload to Earth fairly rapidly from an orbital platform, like the International Space Station," said Marcus Murbach, the TechEdSat-4 principal investigator at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. "We were able to send commands and receive data to and from the satellite via the onboard modem using only a laptop and email account. This capability may greatly benefit the entire nanosatellite community."

About 30 minutes after the Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer jettisoned it from the space station, the autonomous free-flying satellite powered on. At approximately 8 p.m., the spacecraft received a command via email and deployed its specially-designed parachute-like exo-brake, which operates as a passive drag device at the extremely low pressures found at the top of the atmosphere. Engineers also confirmed the satellite has demonstrated new satellite-to-satellite communications technologies to provide precise information about the spacecraft’s health and position. TechEdSat-4 arrived at the station aboard Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft July 16, 2014.
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Re: Nanoracks small experiment host module for ISS
« Reply #501 on: 03/05/2015 03:21 pm »
The Nanoracks Workshop videos and presentations are now online at:

http://nanoracks.com/nanoracks-iss-workshop/


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Re: Nanoracks small experiment host module for ISS
« Reply #504 on: 08/20/2015 03:28 am »
NanoRacks External Platform, CubeSats, Launched to ISS on Japanese HTV-5

http://nanoracks.com/external-platform-cubesats-launched-on-htv-5/


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Re: Nanoracks small experiment host module for ISS
« Reply #506 on: 02/01/2016 07:25 pm »
QB50 Launch Switches from Alcantara Cyclone Space to NanoRacks and Kosmotras

http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2016/01/29/qb50-launch-switches-from-alcantara-cyclone-space-to-nanoracks-and-kosmotras/

QB50, a project to launch 50 CubeSats for researching the Earth’s atmosphere, has shifted plans from launching with the Brazilian-Ukrainian Cyclone 4 rocket to instead launching with NanoRacks and Kosmotras. The mission, scheduled to begin this year, split into a series of multiple launches after Alcantara Cyclone Space’s Cyclone 4 project stalled out.

“We will be launching 40 satellites from the International Space Station (ISS) through services provided by NanoRacks,” Jan Thoemel, project manager for QB50, told Via Satellite. “[And] we will carry out two Dnepr campaigns. One is optimal for our scientific objective and the other one … is perfect for two in-orbit demonstration satellites.”

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Re: Nanoracks small experiment host module for ISS
« Reply #507 on: 02/01/2016 07:34 pm »
Millennium Space Systems Announces Summer 2016 Launch of Its ALTAIR-1 Technology Pathfinder via
NanoRacks Launch Services as it Readies for Volume Vehicle Production

 Millennium Space Systems has inked a contract for launch services  with NanoRacks LLC of Webster, Texas, to launch its ALTAIR-1 Pathfinder satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) this summer via cargo resupply to the International Space Station (ISS). The ALTAIR platform will demonstrate and flight qualify key technologies developed in house by Millennium Space in Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C); Avionics & Flight Computing; Advanced Onboard Processing; Electrical Power & Distribution; and Software Defined Radio Communications. The ALTAIR platform provides “mind numbing performance in a small form factor”, advancing DARPA’s original investment into SeeMe, and fueled by internal company IRAD, focusing on our customer needs into next generation high performance space systems for LEO, GEO, and deep space missions that  are responsive, resilient, high performance and affordable.

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Re: Nanoracks small experiment host module for ISS
« Reply #508 on: 03/20/2016 12:51 am »
Deployment Of MinXSS Delayed Until Early April

http://www.coloradospacenews.com/deployment-of-minxss-delayed-until-early-april/

The deployment of the Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) flight model 1 from the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed to early April.

MinXSS has been on the ISS since early December and had been expected to deploy in early March. MinXSS will be deployed from a NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer and will have an expected 5-12 month orbital lifetime, dependent on atmospheric conditions. The MinXSS team has been performing a long duration battery test on the ground and is confident that the CubeSat will deploy with a fully charged battery.

The University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) designed and built MinXSS, a four-year NASA-funded CubeSat that will be analyzing the soft X-ray spectrum of the sun. MinXSS will collect data to help scientists better understand the energy distribution of solar flare soft X-ray emissions and the impact of space weather activity. This activity can impact telecommunications and navigation systems and in a worst-case scenario, can disrupt the power grid for months, or even years.

MinXSS is part of a greater international movement to use CubeSats for important scientific research. Since the first CubeSat was developed in 1999, these miniature satellites have emerged as invaluable tools of education and science. CubeSats offer students the unique opportunity to design, construct and test hardware that will be flown in-orbit with meaningful scientific objectives.

MinXSS is being deployed through NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI), which provides affordable access to space for CubeSats developed by NASA center and programs, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations.

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Re: Nanoracks small experiment host module for ISS
« Reply #509 on: 07/21/2016 01:10 pm »
http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-innovative-new-3d-solar-cells-to-undergo-testing-in-space-2236459

A novel 3D solar cell that was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) will be installed on the exterior of the station to study the cells' performance and their ability to withstand the rigours of space, scientists said.

An experimental module containing 18 test cells, developed by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), was launched to the ISS yesterday aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. In addition to testing the 3D format, the module will also study a low-cost copper-zinc-tin-sulfide (CZTS) solar cell formulation. "We want to see both the light-trapping performance of our 3D solar cells and how they are going to respond to the harshness of space," said Jud Ready, a principal research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).

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