- Name
- PolarCube
- Satellite ID
- UPYV-1893-8615-3800-1874
- NORAD ID
- 47310
- Website
- https://spacegrant.colorado.edu/allstar-projects/polarcube
- Country of Origin
-
United States of America
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 |
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YC2SAT_test-OI52ex | 2021-01-22 15:41:11 UTC |
- TLE Source
- Space-Track.org
- TLE Updated
- 2023-05-28 15:12:42 UTC
- TLE Set
-
1 47310U 21002B 23148.23700195 .00856314 33048-3 21807-2 0 9993
2 47310 60.6550 107.2481 0002559 268.5696 91.5132 15.95065603131696