CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- CanX-2
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Full Name
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Canadian Advanced Nanosatellite eXperiment-2
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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UTIAS / SFL
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Launch Date
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28 Apr 2008
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Dec 2024
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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97.4 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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635 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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9:30
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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CanX-2 is a nanosatellite mission designed and built at UTIAS/SFL. It successfully reached its two objectives: technology demonstration and provision of cost-effective access to space for the Canadian research and development community. Its primary goal was to demonstrate several technologies critical for the CanX-4/5 formation flying mission, including a custom cold-gas propulsion system, a 30 mNms nanosatellite reaction wheel as part of a three-axis stabilised momentum-bias attitude control system, and a commercially available GPS receiver.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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