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CP6 (satellite)

Field	Value
name	CP6
names_list	CP6 CubeSat
CalPoly CP-6
PolySat-6
PolySat CP6
image_size	300px
mission_type	Technology demonstration
operator	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
COSPAR_ID	2009-028C
SATCAT	35003
spacecraft_type	CubeSat
spacecraft_bus	1U CubeSat
manufacturer	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (CalPoly)
launch_mass	1 kg
dimensions	10 xx
power	Solar cells, batteries
launch_date	19 May 2009, 23:55 UTC
launch_rocket	Minotaur I
launch_site	MARS LP-0B
launch_contractor	Orbital Sciences Corporation
decay_date	6 October 2011
orbit_reference	Geocentric orbit
orbit_regime	Low Earth orbit
orbit_periapsis	426 km
orbit_apoapsis	466 km
orbit_inclination	40.46°
orbit_period	93.50 minutes
apsis	gee

CalPoly CP-6 PolySat-6 PolySat CP6

CP6, also known as CP6 CubeSat, CalPoly CP-6, PolySat-6 or PolySat CP6 is a single-unit CubeSat which was built and operated by the California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly). It was primarily intended to perform a technology demonstration mission. The main experiment consisted of sensors to determine the spacecraft's attitude. Cameras on the satellite will be used to verify the data returned by the attitude sensors.

Satellite

Originally built as a backup to CP3 CubeSat, while CP3 is considered an operational satellite by the PolySat team, unreliable radio issues have prevented full operation of the spacecraft's mission-required sensors. which was launched on 17 April 2007, CP6 was modified after it was decided that it would no longer be needed for that role.

In addition to the attitude determination experiment, CP6 also planned to test a system to collect electrons from the ambient plasma environment for the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) as part of research into electrodynamic propulsion. The electron collector will be deployed once the primary mission, the attitude determination experiment, has been completed. This technology will have potential application in electrodynamic propulsion systems.

Mission

Electrodynamic propulsion offers the prospects of enabling spacecraft to maneuver without the expenditure of conventional fuel, that is the possibility of propellant-less maneuvers. This experiment consists of three deployable devices, an electron emitter consisting of two thoriated tungsten filaments which reside at the end of a 1.8 m rolled up steal tape and two electron collectors that are rolled up steel tapes, each 1.1 m long. The tapes and electronics of the experiment are housed in a 25 mm high space on one side of a deployable door nestled around two cameras of the Cal Poly primary mission. The deployable door and rolled up tapes will be deployed at the conclusion of the Cal Poly primary mission and last for 3–6 months. The mission data will be downlinked to ground stations at the Naval Research Laboratory and Cal Poly.

Launch

It was successfully launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur I launch vehicle from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, at 23:55 UTC on 19 May 2009. It will be a tertiary payload, with TacSat-3 as the primary payload and PharmaSat as the secondary. Two other CubeSats, AeroCube-3 and HawkSat-1, were also launched on the same launch vehicle, and together the three satellites were known as the CubeSat Technology Demonstration mission.

The satellite reentered in the atmosphere of Earth on 6 October 2011.

References

(28 October 2021). "CP6". NASA.
"SATCAT Log". Jonathan's Space Report.
Krebs, Gunter. (11 December 2017). "CP 3, 6". Gunter's Space Page.
"CubeSats". NASA.

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