AESP-14

AESP-14

An 1U cubesat similar to the AESP-14 satellite.
Mission type Ionospheric research
Operator Technology Institute of Aeronautics (ITA)
Website http://www.aer.ita.br/~aesp14/
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer ITA
Launch mass 5 kilograms (11 lb)
Dimensions 30 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm
(11.8 in × 3.9 in × 3.9 in)
Start of mission
Launch date 10 January 2015, 09:47:10 (2015-01-10UTC09:47:10Z) UTC
Rocket Falcon 9 v1.1
Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Contractor SpaceX
Deployed from Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer
Deployment date 5 February 2015
Entered service 5 February 2015, 12:50 (2015-02-05UTC12:50Z) UTC
End of mission
Decay date 11 May 2015

AESP-14 is a Brazilian 1U Cubesat developed by multiple Brazilian institutions. It was launched on 10 January 2015 aboard the SpaceX CRS-5 mission on a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket. It was the first Brazilian Cubesat ever launched into space.[1]

On 5 February, the satellite was deployed from the International Space Station using the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer,[2] but an unknown malfunction caused it to be unable to transmit any data back to Earth. The satellite reentered the atmosphere on 11 May 2015.[3]

Launch

Launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying CRS-5

The launch of the CRS-5 mission, as well as AESP-14, was postponed three times from 16 December 2014 to 10 January 2015.[4] The launch successfully occurred on 10 January 2015.[5]

See also

References

  1. "AESP-14 CubeSat released from International Space Station". Spaceflight 101. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. "Brazilian AESP-14 CubeSat was deployed from Kibo". JAXA. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. "Re-Entry May 2015 - AESP-14". Spaceflight 101. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. Heiney, Anna (7 January 2015). "Next SpaceX Launch Attempt Saturday, Jan. 10". NASA. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. Graham, William (10 January 2015). "CRS-5 Dragon successfully launched – Core ASDS landing attempted". NASA Spaceflight. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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