 CAPE-1
Spacecraft Summary
| International Designator: |
2007-12P |
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Norad Number: |
31130 |
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| Common Name: |
CAPE-1 |
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Satellite Type: |
Cubesat |
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| Launch Date: |
17 April, 2007 |
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Launch Location: |
Baikonur Cosmodrome |
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| Launch Vehicle: |
Dnepr |
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Apogee: |
800.20 |
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| Perigee: |
652.40 |
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Inclination: |
98.00 |
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| Period: |
99.20 |
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Dimensions: |
10 x 10 x 10cm |
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| Weight: |
0.879 Kg |
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| | | | Organization: | University of Louisiana |
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Frequency Information
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| Mode U Beacon: Semi-Operational |
| Downlink |
435.2450 MHz CW |
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| Mode U TLM Beacon: Non-Operational |
| Downlink |
435.2450 MHz FSK 9600 BPS |
| Callsign(s)
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Current Keplerian Elements
CAPE-1
1 31130U 07012P 09324.63088523 .00000255 00000-0 69376-4 0 7479
2 31130 97.9709 9.9432 0102640 160.2801 200.2391 14.52106574137394
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Weekly Satellite Report
TLM and CW interchange every 30 seconds. |
Detailed Description
The primary goal of the C.A.P.E program is to provide students the opportunity to design, develop and build satellite systems and perform experiments from a low earth orbit, LEO, using small and inexpensive satellites. We are a team of both graduate and undergraduate students working to make the University of Louisiana at Lafayette the first Louisiana university to place a satellite into orbit. In the process we are gaining invaluable experience in the design and implementation of space and communications systems.
More information on the telemetry including an explanation of the CW beacons can be found at http://ulcape.org/wiki/CAPE1_Telemetry.
CAPE-1 is the first satellite designed and built by a Louisiana university and to our knowledge the first satellite designed and built in the state of Louisiana.
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Reference Documents:
- C.A.P.E Website (http://cape.louisiana.edu/about/), 04Sep07
- E-Mail from Jonathan Wagner, 03Apr07
- CubeSat Website (http://cubesat.calpoly.edu/), 23Apr07
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