Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (CU Smead AES)
PolarCube
instrumentspacecraft / CubeSatIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- CU Smead AES; NSIDC; Space Grant
Description
CubeSat demonstrating atmospheric sounding and polar sea-ice/ice-free-ocean detection and mapping, built on the ALL-STAR CubeSat bus with Colorado Space Grant, CET and NSIDC; launched January 18, 2021 on LauncherOne from Mojave Air and Space Port.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/polarcube
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Contact
- Contact
- (no name)
Details
- Keywords
- atmospheric sounding, sea ice detection, nsidc, launcherone, colorado space grant
- Location
- In space
- Instrument platform
- CubeSat (ALL-STAR bus)
- Associated entity
- Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences | University of Colorado Boulder
- Deployment platform
- CubeSat