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TechEdSat 5 [NASA]

TechEdSat 5 (Technical and Educational Satellite 5) is a 3.5U CubeSat. It was built as a conjoined project between San Jose State University (SJSU) and the University of Idaho as a collaborative engineering project, with oversight from the NASA Ames Research Center.

The TechEdSat-5 satelliteis based on the TechEdSat-4 design, but using an enlarged 3.5U CubeSat bus. It will introduce a modulating exo-brake capable of changing its surface area allowing the satellite to more precisely enter the atmosphere.

TechEdSat 5 has following science and mission objectives:

• Establish improved uncertainty analysis for eventual controlled flight through the Thermosphere (perform detailed comparison to the TES-3 and TES-4 with respect to key Thermosphere variable uncertainty).
• Improve prediction of re-entry location.
• Provide the base technology for sample return technology from orbital platforms.
• Provide the eventual testing of independent TDRV-based planetary missions
• Provide engineering data for an On-Orbit Tracking Device that could improve the prediction of jettisoned material from the ISS.

The satellite was launched on board of HTV 6 on an H-2B-304 rocket to be delivered to the International Space Station, from where it will be deployed at a later date.

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