Objectives and Applications
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.
Full Name
Canadian Advanced Nanosatellite eXperiment-2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
UTIAS / SFL
Launch Date
28 Apr 2008
Mission Links
EOL Date
31 Dec 2024
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
97.4 deg
Orbit Altitude
635 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
9:30
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.