Thomas Jefferson Cubesat

TJ3Sat is joint project between the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and industry partners to design and build a CubeSat to increase interest in aerospace technology, as part of NASA’s Educational Launch of NanoSatellites (ELaNa) program. TJ3Sat’s primary mission is to provide educational resources to other K-12 education institutions to foster interest in aerospace through the successful design and flight of a CubeSat.

NASA-Catalog: 39385

Beacon

437.320 MHz, CW beep every 13.5 seconds, CW identifier every 10 minutes

Call

Status

DECAYED = 17 Sep 2015

Mission

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.

Links und weitere Informationen

http://www.tjhsst.edu/students/activities/tj3sat/