Objectives and Applications
AeroCube-3 was a CubeSat demonstration mission developed by the Aerospace Corporation from the United States of America, with the objective of testing bus performance, as well as progressing mission development and the ability to photograph the launch vehicle. AeroCube-3 was the follow-on mission to AeroCube and AeroCube-2, which both encountered failures during or after launch.
Full Name
AeroCube-3 CubeSat
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
19 May 2009
Mission Links
EOL Date
06 Jan 2011
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
40.5 deg
Orbit Altitude
460 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
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