IRVINE02

IRVINE02[1] is a U1 CubeSat[2] built by high school students participating in the Irvine CubeSat STEM Program (ICSP),[3] a consortium of six high schools from Irvine, California. The IRVINE02 mission is an educational mission that gives high school students the experience of building, testing, and controlling a nano-satellite, with the aim of developing interest and talent in the science and engineering fields.

IRVINE02 will fly an electronic propulsion system that will allow students to acquire technical skills in tracking and communicating with the satellite.  IRVINE02 will have a propellant to change its orbit, an LED to send pictures and data back to the Earth much faster than radio, and a GPS unit.[4]

On February 17, 2017 NASA selected IRVINE02 to participate in NASA’s eighth class of Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) CubeSat launch candidates.[5]

IRVINE02 is the second CubeSat built by ICSP, the first being IRVINE01.

It’s currently anticipated that IRVINE02 will launch in fall of 2018[6] on the SSO-A mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Irvine 02". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  2. ↑ Loff, Sarah (2015-07-22). "CubeSats Overview". NASA. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  3. ↑ "irvinecubesat". irvinecubesat. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  4. ↑ "Second year of Irvine's high school satellite launch program gets help from NASA". Orange County Register. 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  5. ↑ Jackson, Shanessa (2017-02-17). "NASA Announces Eighth Class of Candidates for Launch of CubeSat Space". NASA. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  6. ↑ Jackson, Shanessa (2016-07-03). "Upcoming ELaNa CubeSat Launches". NASA. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  7. ↑ "Spaceflight Prepares Historic Launch of More Than 70 Spacecraft Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 - Spaceflight". Spaceflight. 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
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