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PhoneSat 2.0, 2.4, 2.5
PhoneSat v2.0 [NASA]
PhoneSat 2.0 is a technology demonstration mission consisting of a 1U CubeSat intended to prove that a smartphone can be used to perform many of the functions required of a spacecraft bus.
PhoneSat 2.0 features a newer Nexus-S smartphone made by Samsung Electronics running Google's Android operating system to provide a faster core processor, avionics and gyroscopes.
PhoneSat 2.0 also supplements the capabilities of PhoneSat 1.0 by adding a two-way S-band radio to allow engineers to command the satellite from Earth, solar panels to enable longer-duration missions, and a GPS receiver. In addition, PhoneSat 2.0 adds magnetorquer coils – electro-magnets that interact with Earth's magnetic field – and reaction wheels to actively control the satellite's orientation in space.
The satellite called Alexander was launched as a secondary payload on the maiden flight of the Antares-110 launch vehicle in 2013.
In improved version called Phonesat 2.4 was launched in 2013 on a Minotaur-1 booster under the ELaNa-4 mission.
PhoneSat 2.5 was launched piggy-back on a Falcon-9 v1.1 in February 2014 on the ELaNa-5 mission.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | NASA Ames Research Center |
| Contractors: | NASA Ames Research Center |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 7 days (#2.0b) |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: | 301 km × 332 km, 51.67° (#2.5) |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhoneSat 2.0b (Alexander) | 2013-016A | 21.04.2013 | WI LC-0A | Antares-110 | with Cygnus Mass Simulator, PhoneSat v1a, PhoneSat v1b, Dove 1 | |
| PhoneSat 2.4 | 2013-064B | 20.11.2013 | WI LA-0B | Minotaur-1 | with STPSat 3, ORS 3, ORSES, ORS Tech 1, ORS Tech 2, SENSE 1, SENSE 2, Ho`oponopono 2, Firefly, STARE B, Prometheus 1.1, ..., 1.8, Black Knight 1, NPS-SCAT, COPPER, ChargerSat 1, TJ3Sat, Trailblazer 1, Vermont Lunar Cubesat, SwampSat, CAPE 2, DragonSat 1, KySat 2 | |
| PhoneSat 2.5 | 2014-022E | 18.04.2014 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.1 | with Dragon CRS-3, OPALS, HDEV, ALL-STAR/THEIA, KickSat 1, SporeSat 1, TSAT |
