Polysat CP5

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General

Designation	38763 / 12048F
Launch date	13 Sep 2012
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee
Inclination
Period
Launch vehicle	Atlas 5 #33

1U CubeSat, 1 kg

The payload is designed to test a deployable spacecraft de-orbiting thin-film mechanism. Once the sail is deployed, observations will be made from the ground to detect any altitude or velocity degradation and change of the spacecraft.

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