Delta II SMAP Launch 2015

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Delta II

 

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg AFB, CA

 

LAUNCH TIME:

January 31st, 2015, 14:22 UTC 

 

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NASA SMAP

 

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

4

 

P-Pod Satellite Name Organization Size Beacon Details More Info
1 FIREBIRD-2 Montana State University, University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Aerospace Corp. 1.5U x2 Flight Unit 3: 437.405 MHzFlight Unit 4: 437.230 MHz19.2k baud GMSK AX.25 packet at 60 second period. Each beacon is two separate packets about 1 second apart. More Info
2 GRIFEX University of Michigan / NASA JPL 3U 437.485 MHz, <1W GMSK, AX.25 9600 baud, 10 sec period More Info
3 ExoCube Cal Poly, SLO - PolySat 3U 437.270MHz, 9600 baud AX.25 FSK, NRZI+SCRAMBLED, Morse Code spells out "X03" every 45 seconds More Info