Close Orbiting Propellant Plume and Elemental Recognition
a 1U CubeSat to flight-test the use of a commercial microbolometer (long-wave infrared imager) for Earth observing and space situational awareness. COPPER consists of the SCARAB bus and two plug-in payloads. First, the FLIR Tau 320 Microbolometer Array, with a custom-built interface board. Second, a pathfinder payload provided by Vanderbilt University, in preparation for the Argus mission. The Commodore payload will demonstrate basic interfaces and functionality of their radiation-effects monitoring payload controller.
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Beacon
437.290 MHz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25, 10 second interval
Call
COPPER
Status
The launch of a Minotaur I rocket for the U.S. Air Force ORS-3 mission is scheduled to occur on November 20, 2013 from Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Virginia, with a planned launch window from 00:30 – 02:00 UTC. The launch, from ignition to delivery of the satellites in orbit, will take a little less than twelve-and-a-half minutes, with a targeted 500 km circular orbit at an inclination of 40.5 degrees.
Mission
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