Objectives and Applications
The mission, called ANDESITE (Ad-hoc Network Demonstration for Spatially Extended Satellite-based Inquiry and Other Team Endeavors), will eject eight free-flying vector magnetometers from a 6U CubeSat, forming a nine-element short-baseline (<50 km) mesh network in space. The measurements will be analyzed collaboratively with ground-based auroral imagery in an effort to resolve kilometer-scale variability in the overlying field-aligned currents.
Full Name
Ad-hoc Network Demonstration for Spatial-ly Extended Satellite-based Inquiry and Other Team Endeavor
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
13 Jun 2020
Mission Links
EOL Date
Jun 2030
Orbit Type
Orbit Period
96.4 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
97.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
594 km
Orbit Longitude
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International Designator
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