NanoSail-D2

NASA CubeSat designed to test deployment of solar sails. NanoSail-D2 was launched on November 20, 2010 aboard a Minotaur IV from Kodiak. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 17, 2011).

COSPAR 2010-062LNORAD 37361United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Nanosail-D2
Common name: NanoSail-D2
Payload designation: NanoSail-D2
International designator: 2010-062L
NORAD catalog number: 37361
GCAT identifier: S37361

Mission

Mission type: Technology
Use: Civil government
Program: Ames
Owner: ARC
Country: United States
Builder: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
Platform (bus): Cubesat 3U

Launch

Date: November 20, 2010 · 01:25 UTC
Launch record: 2010-062Success
Rocket: Minotaur IV
Spaceport: Kodiak · pad LP1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LEO/I
Perigee: 615 km
Apogee: 648 km
Inclination: 71.97°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: September 17, 2011
Last known active: Jan 21, 2011
End of operations: Jan 21, 2011

Size

Mass: 3 kg
Dry mass: 3 kg
Length: 0.2 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 3.0 m

Launched together

STPSat-2Technology · USAF SMC RAXSpace science · UM O/OREOSBiology · ARC FASTSAT-HSV01Technology · USAF SMC USA-221Technology · USAF SMC FASTRAC 1Technology · USAF SMC FASTRAC 2Technology · USAF SMC

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q379402 (CC0).