Aurora (Shasta, Astro Digital Demo 9) (original) (raw)
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Astro Digital Demo 9 (Shasta) [Astro Digital]
Aurora or Astro Digital Demo 9 or Shasta is a technology demonstration of a hyperspectral imaging payload for Orbital Sidekick's (OSK) GHOSt satellites.
The spacecraft bus is the Corvus-Micro design. The satellite bus uses reaction wheels, magnetic torque coils/rods, star tracker(s), magnetometers, sun sensors, and gyroscopes to enable precision 3-axis pointing without the use of propellant.
The Demo9 satellite is based on the standard Corvus-Micro bus and has a total mass of ~22.5 kg. The main spacecraft body has dimensions of ~34 cm × ~34 cm × ~49 cm. The satellite has multiple body-mounted solar panels (no deployable). The superstructure is comprised of 6 aluminum iso-grid outer panels. All the internal components are attached to the inner faces of these 6 structural panels. There is a Planetary Systems Lightband on the +X face of the spacecraft that is used to deploy the spacecraft from the launch vehicle. Two independent UHF TT&C antennas protrude from opposite sides of the spacecraft body.
The hyperspectral imaging payload was designed to match NASA's Hyperion instrument on the EO 1 satellite with a spatial resolution of 30 meters for all bands.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Orbital Sidekick (OSK), Astro Digital |
| Contractors: | Astro Digital (prime), Orbital Sidekick (OSK) (payload) |
| Equipment: | hyperspectral imaging payload |
| Configuration: | Corvus-Micro |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 22.5 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora (Shasta, Astro Digital Demo 9) | 2021-059CF | 30.06.2021 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Starlink v1.5 R1-1, ..., R1-3, Umbra-SAR 2001, YAM 2, YAM 3, �uSat 19, ..., 22, ICEYE X11, X12, X13, X15, TUBIN, Mandrake 2A, 2B, Capella 5, GNOMES 2, LINCS 1, 2, PACE 1, TROPICS 01, D2/AtlaCom 1, EG 3, Centauri 4, Lemur-2 140, ..., 145, SpaceBEE 88, ..., 111, SpaceBEENZ 7, ..., 10, Sherpa-FX 2, Lynk 06, Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C, Astrocast 0201, ..., 0205, Painani 2, Sherpa-LTE 1, Tenzing, Arthur 1, Faraday Phoenix, KSF 1A, ..., 1D, Tiger 2, ION-SCV 003, NAPA 2, Spartan, Neptuno, W-Cube, Ghalib, QMR-KWT |