Sprite release date

[Michael Turner]

In an earlier message, someone mentioned February. I'd like to narrow
this down. Any news?

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[Julian Priest]

Hi all,

AFAIK the deployment date is still not set yet and is dependent on the
ISS/Cygnus schedule but expected late Feb/early March.

This was a message from Zac earlier in the month.

"The Cygnus will dock at ISS and remain there until some time in
February. It will then undock and perform several maneuvers to deploy
CubeSats. We will be deployed in a 325km altitude circular orbit during
those maneuvers (likely end of February or beginning of March). We will
deploy the Sprites within a couple of days of being deployed from the
Cygnus. Everything should reenter within a week."

Kicksat2 is being launched by Nanoracks and is last of the cubesats
being deployed.

Their press release is here:

http://nanoracks.com/nanoracks-provides-historic-triple-altitude-delivery-for-customers-in-single-space-station-launch/

"After MySat-1 and CHEFSat are deployed, NanoRacks will deliver the
final customer payload in a third altitude. Northrop Grumman will direct
Cygnus below the ISS to deploy KickSat-2, a collaborative CubeSat from
NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University. KickSat-2 was
selected for flight by NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) and is
being launched as the sole CubeSat in the Educational Launch of
Nanosatellites-16 (ELaNa-16) mission complement, sponsored by the NASA
Launch Services Program (LSP).

KickSat-2 is being deployed well below the International Space Station
altitude due to the satellite sub-deploying smaller “ChipSats,” a
prototype representing a disruptive new space technology. These
ChipSats, also known as “Sprites,” are tiny spacecraft that include
power, sensors, and communication systems on a printed circuit board
measuring 3.5 by 3.5 centimeters, with a thickness of just a few
millimeters and a mass of just a few grams. The ChipSats are expected to
be in orbit for only a few days before burning up."

cheers

/julian

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Thomas King Observatory, 40 Salamanca Road, Wellington 6012, NZ

[Zac Manchester]

Hi Everyone,

Julian got it. We are currently expecting a deployment of KickSat-2 around the first week of March. We don’t have any more specific information and things are very much still TBD based on the ISS program’s schedule. Stay tuned…

Best,

Zac

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