CAPE-2

CAPE-2 (Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment 2), or Louisiana-OSCAR 75, was an American amateur miniaturized satellite developed by students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.[3]

CAPE-2
Mission typeTechnology
OperatorUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette
COSPAR ID2013-064C
SATCAT no.39382
WebsiteCAPE-2
Mission duration11 months, 3 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type1U CubeSat
ManufacturerUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette
Launch mass1 kg (2.2 lb)
Dimensions10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm (3.9 in × 3.9 in × 3.9 in)
Start of mission
Launch date20 November 2013, 01:15 (2013-11-20UTC01:15Z) UTC[1]
RocketMinotaur I
Launch siteWallops LA-0B[2]
ContractorNorthrop Grumman
End of mission
Decay date23 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude498 km (309 mi)
Apogee altitude500 km (310 mi)
Inclination40.51°
Period93.4 minutes
Epoch20 November 2013
 

Background

The purpose of CAPE 2 is to gather data while orbiting in space and transmit this data to the ground station on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. The team of engineering students runs experiments and maintain the satellite while in orbit.[4]

As part of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) educational launch of nanosatellites program, CAPE-2 was launched with the following payloads: a Voice Repeater, Text to Speech, Tweeting, Digipeater, File Storage and Transfers, and DTMF Query.

Status

On October 23, 2014, the CAPE-2 satellite re-entered the atmosphere.[5]

See also

References
  1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  2. Krebs, Gunter D. "CAPE 2 (Louisiana-OSCAR 75, LO 75)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  3. "CAPE-2". University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 12 May 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  4. "CAPE 2: NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2013-064C". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 17 May 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "CAPE-2". n2yo.com. Retrieved May 16, 2022.


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