CP-8

CP8 (IPEX)

CP-8 IPEXMission

IPEX is a 1U (10 x 10 x 10 cm) cubesat, funded by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), designed to validate onboard instrument processing and autonomous payload operations for the proposed NASA HYperSPectral Infra-Red Instrument (HyspIRI) mission.

IPEX carries several low-resolution (3 mega pixels) Omnivision OV3642 cameras as a stand in for actual science instruments on future NASA missions. These cameras are capable of acquiring many images (several per minute) over the mission lifetime providing data to validate onboard processing.

Orbital parameters

Name                 IPEX
NORAD                39471
COSPAR designation   2013-072-K
Inclination (degree) 120.488
RAAN                 163.342
Eccentricity         0.0282209
ARGP                 266.369
Orbit per day        14.68076964
Period               1h 38m 05s (98.8 min)
Semi-major axis      7 045 km
Perigee x apogee     468 x 866 km
Drag factor          0.000543470 1/ER
Mean Anomaly         90.505

Downlink

437.270 MHz AX.25 9600 FSK

Callsign

KJ6KSL

TLE

IPEX
1 90704U 13072C   14014.47951867 +.00008743 +00000-0 +83704-3 0 00303
2 90704 120.4988 006.3079 0302034 020.1765 130.3036 14.65523912005124

Telemetry

KJ6KSL-1 To N6CP-X-1  [11:52:11R]
  d¾3724340___a21c3.3725464.2000-01-01-00-44-22.-Y.0..:\
  23 72 .obs_idle___e5bd7.3724958.: 6 47 gnd..obs_idle___e5bd7.3724958.2000-

Status

Active. CP-8 IPEX was launched into Low Earth Orbit on an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in December 5th 2013. After attaining orbit, the IPEX spacecraft self stabilized using passive magnets mounted in the IPEX structure. After stabilization, IPEX is commanded from the earth station at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Active, received and decoded.

IPEX-Long-Range-Testing

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