SPARC 1

Launch data: Designation  44226 / 19026B Launch date  05 May 2019 - 06:00 UT Launch site  Mahia, LC-1 Launch vehicle  Electron KS Mission  Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  493 x 511 km Eccentricity   Inclination  40.0° Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• SPARC 1 (Space Plug-and-play Architecture Research Cubesat-1) is a joint US/Sweden military research nanosatellite with the 6U CubeSat form factor, representing culmination of a research activity spanning more than a decade.
• It was developed under the broader umbrella of research being done between the US and Sweden in the Nanosatellite And Plug-and-play Architecture or “NAPA” program to pioneer a methodology for creating mission capable 6U spacecraft. The methodology involves interchangeable blackbox (selfdescribing) components, software (middleware and applications), advanced push-button tools supporting accelerated design flows, and elements of ground systems architecture capable of working fluidly with networks of potentially hundreds of these platforms.

Mission details:

• SPARC-1 (Space Plug-and-Play Architecture Cubesat) is a 6U mission from the USAF Research Lab and the Swedish defense agency FMV, testing advanced computing hardware in space.

External links:

• COSMIAC: Satellite Information
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