IPEX (CP 8) [Calpoly]
NASA/JPL's IPEX (Intelligent Payload Experiment) mission was a 1U Cubesat project to demonstrate operation of autonomous instrument processing, downlink operations, and ground station operations, utilizing the SpaceCube Mini payload processing unit to validate a reduction in data product downlink.
The development of IPEX was conducted by the following centers/institutions:
IPEX was successfully launched on 6 December 2013 on the ELaNa-2 mission. The last transmission heard from it was on 30 January 2015.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | NASA/JPL, NASA/GSFC, Cal Poly Picosatellite Project (PolySat) |
Contractors: | NASA/JPL, NASA/GSFC, Cal Poly Picosatellite Project (PolySat) |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 1 kg |
Orbit: | 462 km × 889 km, 120.50° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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IPEX (CP 8) | 2013-072K | 06.12.2013 | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-5(501) | with Topaz 3, ALICE, SMDC-ONE 3.1, SMDC-ONE 3.2, SNaP, TacSat 6, FIREBIRD FU1, FIREBIRD FU2, AeroCube 5A, AeroCube 5B, CUNYSAT 1, M-Cubed/COVE 2 |