Exolaunch facilitates NASA’s ACS3 satellite tv for pc deployment into orbit
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Might 02, 2024
Exolaunch has supplied its deployment companies for NASA’s Superior Composite Photo voltaic Sail System (ACS3) satellite tv for pc, marking the corporate’s first satellite tv for pc deployment for NASA and its twenty eighth mission total. The occasion befell on April 23 at 1000 NZT / 2200 UTC from Rocket Lab Launch Complicated 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, using Rocket Lab’s “Starting of the Swarm” mission.
The ACS3 satellite tv for pc, constructed on a 12U nanosatellite bus by Kongsberg NanoAvionics, goals to check new photo voltaic sail buildings that use daylight for propulsion. The profitable deployment was achieved utilizing Exolaunch’s EXOpod deployer, underlining its capabilities in launch mission integration and satellite tv for pc deployment.
The mission’s main aim is to check light-weight booms that can unfurl a photo voltaic sail about 30 toes on all sides, a primary in using composite supplies and sail deployment methods in house. This expertise might present options to traditional propulsion strategies, doubtlessly lowering the associated fee and rising the effectivity of future deep house missions. Functions might embody house climate monitoring, asteroid reconnaissance, and photo voltaic commentary, providing developments in house exploration and science.
“Exolaunch is honored to have been part of NASA’s ACS3 mission,” commented Jake Cornish, US launch director at Exolaunch. “Congratulations to NASA and Kongsberg NanoAvionics on reaching this significant milestone, and thanks, Rocket Lab, for a easy journey to orbit. We’re excited to see the potential purposes of ACS3 unfold, and are proud to help and allow NASA’s progressive endeavors in house exploration utilizing small satellites.”
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