CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- ExoCube
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Full Name
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ExoCube
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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Cal Poly
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Launch Date
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31 Jan 2015
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Mission Links
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EOL Date
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Jan 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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98.5 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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98 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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685 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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18:00
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Repeat Cycle
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8 days
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Objectives and Applications
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ExoCube, also known as CP10 (Cal Poly 10), is a space weather nanosatellite developed by the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo and sponsored by NSF (National Science Foundation). The objective is to measure the density of hydrogen, oxygen, helium, and nitrogen in the Earth's lower exosphere and upper ionosphere.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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