HawkSat-1

HawkSat-1
Mission type	Technology demonstration
Operator	Hawk Institute for Space Sciences
COSPAR ID	2009-028D
SATCAT no.	35004
Mission duration	Failed on orbit
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Bus	1U CubeSat
Manufacturer	Hawk Institute for Space Sciences; Pumpkin Inc. (bus)
Launch mass	1 kg (2.2 lb)
Dimensions	10 × 10 × 10 cm (3.9 × 3.9 × 3.9 in)
Power	Solar cells, batteries
Start of mission
Launch date	19 May 2009, 23:55 UTC
Rocket	Minotaur I
Launch site	MARS, LP-0B
Contractor	Orbital Sciences Corporation
Entered service	Failed on orbit
End of mission
Decay date	4 September 2011
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	426 km (265 mi)
Apogee altitude	466 km (290 mi)
Inclination	40.46°
Period	93.50 minutes

HawkSat-1 was a single-unit CubeSat which was built and is being operated by the Hawk Institute for Space Sciences (HISS), Pocomoke City, Maryland. It is based on a Pumpkin Inc. CubeSat kit, and carries a technology demonstration payload, primarily as a proof of concept mission, testing command, data and power subsystems, as well as solar panels and communications.

It carries a commercial material exposure research payload for an undisclosed "major aerospace company",^[3] which exposes a number of material samples to space, and records the effects of exposure on the materials. The data was to be sent to Earth by means of a storage and dump communication system.

Launch

It was successfully launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur I launch vehicle from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, at 23:55 UTC on 19 May 2009. It was a tertiary payload, with TacSat-3 as the primary payload and PharmaSat as the secondary. Two other CubeSats, AeroCube-3 and CP6, were launched on the same launch vehicle, and together the three satellites are known as the CubeSat Technology Demonstration mission.

Mission

The satellite was successfully deployed in orbit, but no signals were received.^[4]

Atmospheric entry

The satellite reentered in the atmosphere of Earth on 4 September 2011.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "HawkSat-1". NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "SATCAT Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ "CubeSats" (PDF). HawkSat-1. NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Krebs, Gunter (18 November 2019). "HawkSat-1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

External links

Davis, Robert. "Cubesat Tech Demo P-POD" (PDF). Hawk Institute of Space Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
http://www.hawkspace.org/history.php Hawk Institute for Space Sciences - history

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[Trajectory-1] "HawkSat-1". NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[JSR-2] "SATCAT Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[HakwSat-1-3] "CubeSats" (PDF). HawkSat-1. NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[GSP-4] Krebs, Gunter (18 November 2019). "HawkSat-1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

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