Category: Spacecraft
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MESAT1 in Good Health
The power budget and on-board radio are working well 4 months after launch.
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AMSAT Designates MESAT1-OSCAR 122
MESAT1 is now also known as MO-122. The OSCAR number assigned to the Maine-built spacecraft continues an international tradition of Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio.
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MESAT1’s First 3 Weeks in Space
MESAT1 has been transmitting data since its July 4 deployment. Several Earth stations have succeeded in decoding telemetry.
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Noise of Summer
Firefly Aerospace’s fifth Alpha rocket launch, which includes MESAT1, is announced as a responsive space operation.
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MESAT1 Integrated Aboard Launch Vehicle
Maine’s first CubeSat is loaded for launch. No date yet announced.
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Will Firefly’s 5th Alpha Carry MESAT1?
Firefly indicates Alpha FLTA005 will be a NASA mission, which suggests MESAT1 may be in line for launch.
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Traveling Companions
These eight CubeSats are spacebound with MESAT1 on Firefly’s launch for ELaNa mission 43.
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MESAT1 scheduled to launch in first half of 2022
At the CubeSat Launch Initiative NASA Town Hall, Scott Higginbotham showed ELaNa 43, MESAT1’s ride to space, scheduled for launch late in the second quarter of 2022. Maine’s first was among 11 CubeSats manifested for the flight. The primary payload on the launch is VCLS Demo-2FB.
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MESAT1 Still Stalled
Firefly’s second Alpha rocket is on pad 2W at the Space Launch Center, Vandenberg Space Force Base, projected to launch in the next several weeks. The third Alpha rocket, a ride to space for MESAT1, would likely be at least two months after #2.
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Launch Delay for MESAT1?
NASA’s launch partner for the MESAT1 mission is start-up Firefly Aerospace. Firefly’s Alpha rocket is the ride to space for MESAT1, but on Alpha’s inaugural launch last September, one of four engines failed mid-flight. Firefly CEO Tom Markusic told CNBC’s Michael Sheets that May was the target for a second launch, and the third would…