Polysat CP6

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General

Designation	35004 / 09028D
Launch date	19 May 2009
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee	433/473 km
Inclination	40.5°
Period	93.5 min
Launch vehicle	Minotaur #8

The primary mission of CP6 is to implement an attitude control system using only magnetic torquers embedded within the side panels. Attitude determination is performed using two-axis magnetometers on each side panel as well as observation imagers on the payload face.

Once the primary objectives have been met, a command will be sent to deploy the secondary payload that consists of a series of spring steel tapes (built by NRL). The data will be used to guide the future design of an electrodynamic tether.

Downlink: 437.365 MHz

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End of life

Decay

6 Oct 2011

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External resources

http://polysat.calpoly.edu/CP6.php

sat-index articles

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