- Name
- Polarcube
- NORAD ID
- 47310
- Website
- https://spacegrant.colorado.edu/allstar-projects/polarcube
Satellite is in orbit and operational

- Launch Date
- 2021-01-17T19:19:25+00:00
- Deploy Date
- 2021-01-17T19:19:27+00:00
PolarCube is a scientific investigation mission to determine sea ice concentration and extent while collecting profile data on atmospheric temperature. It will collect brightness temperature spectra at high spatial resolution at a very low cost for remote sensing science and technology evaluation. It will correlate freeze-thaw ice data from SMAP, an Earth-observation satellite launched in 2015, with atmospheric temperature data. The passive microwave sensor will provide a template for future development of small satellite-borne passive microwave atmospheric sensors for collecting data on temperature, moisture, precipitation, cloud water and ice, and cryospheric surface features such as snow cover and sea ice concentration.
Beacon doc: https://gitlab.com/polarcube/polarcube-beacon-documentation
- Type
- Transmitter
- Service
- Earth Exploration
- Downlink Mode
- FSK
- Downlink Frequency
- 401365000
- Baud
- 4800
Observer | Latest Data |
---|---|
YC2SAT_test-OI52ex | 2021-01-22 15:41:11 UTC |
- TLE Source
- Celestrak (active)
- TLE Set
-
1 47310U 21002B 21058.49492148 .00002781 00000-0 13666-3 0 9990
2 47310 60.6870 342.8321 0020649 333.6938 26.3098 15.20788376 6150