Flight results of the COMPASS-1 picosatellite mission

A. Scholz; W. Ley; B. Dachwald; J. J. Miau; J. C. Juang

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.06.040

Flight results of the COMPASS-1 picosatellite mission

A. Scholz, W. Ley, B. Dachwald, J. J. Miau, J. C. Juang

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The mission of the COMPASS-1 picosatellite is to take pictures of the earth, to validate a space-borne GPS receiver developed by the German Aerospace Center, and to verify the proper operation of the magnetic attitude control system in orbit. The spacecraft was launched on April 28, 2008 from the Indian space port Sriharikota, as part of the PSLV-C9 world record launch that simultaneously brought ten satellites into orbit. The mission operations were carried out from the ground stations in Aachen and Tainan. Arising difficulties in the communication link were overcome with the support of individuals from the amateur radio community. After several months of mission operation, abundant housekeeping and mission data has been commanded, received and analyzed and is presented in this paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1289-1298
Number of pages	10
Journal	Acta Astronautica
Volume	67
Issue number	9-10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.06.040
Publication status	Published - 2010 Nov

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