Sun
MinXSS-2
Solar X-ray.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Solar X-ray. This reconstructed record groups 4 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2018-099; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 December 2018, 18:34:05 UTC
- Launch location
- South Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
MinXSS-2
Solar X-ray.
- GCAT ID
- S43758
- Manufacturer
- University of Colorado-Lab for Atmospheric and Space Physics
- Launch mass
- 3.52 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.8 m span
CSIM
GCAT program: UCO.
- GCAT ID
- S43793
- Manufacturer
- Blue Canyon Technologies
- Launch mass
- 10 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.2 m diameter · 1.3 m span
Eu:CROPIS
GCAT program: CROPIS.
- GCAT ID
- S43807
- Manufacturer
- DLR Institute fur Raumfahrtsysteme
- Launch mass
- 250 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.13 m long · 1 m diameter · 2.9 m span
NEXTSat-1
GCAT program: KAIST NEXT.
- GCAT ID
- S43811
- Manufacturer
- SatRec Initiative
- Launch mass
- 100 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.923 m long · 0.598 m diameter · 2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from MinXSS-2.
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