Name

PolarCube

Satellite ID

UPYV-1893-8615-3800-1874

NORAD ID

47310

Website

https://spacegrant.colorado.edu/allstar-projects/polarcube

Country of Origin

United States of America

Launch Date

2021-01-17T19:19:25+00:00

Deploy Date

2021-01-17T19:19:27+00:00

Decay Date

2023-06-06T00:00:00+00:00

PolarCube is a scientific investigation mission to determine sea ice concentration and extent while collecting profile data on atmospheric temperature. It will collect brightness temperature spectra at high spatial resolution at a very low cost for remote sensing science and technology evaluation. It will correlate freeze-thaw ice data from SMAP, an Earth-observation satellite launched in 2015, with atmospheric temperature data. The passive microwave sensor will provide a template for future development of small satellite-borne passive microwave atmospheric sensors for collecting data on temperature, moisture, precipitation, cloud water and ice, and cryospheric surface features such as snow cover and sea ice concentration.

Beacon doc: https://gitlab.com/polarcube/polarcube-beacon-documentation