SUCHAI-2
Universidad de Chile – SPEL (Space and Planetary Exploration Laboratory)
SUCHAI-2 is a 3U CubeSat developed by SPEL at Universidad de Chile, launched on 13 January 2022 as part of a NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative rideshare. Together with SUCHAI-3, it forms a two-satellite constellation for space plasma science and distributed satellite experiments. SUCHAI-2 carries improved instruments compared to its predecessor and demonstrates advances in Chilean […]
Technical specifications
- Form factor
- 3U CubeSat
- Launch date
- 13 January 2022
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 (Transporter-3)
- Orbit
- Sun-synchronous, ~525 km
- Payload
- Langmuir probe, magnetometer
About
SUCHAI-2 is a 3U CubeSat developed by SPEL at Universidad de Chile, launched on 13 January 2022 as part of a NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative rideshare. Together with SUCHAI-3, it forms a two-satellite constellation for space plasma science and distributed satellite experiments. SUCHAI-2 carries improved instruments compared to its predecessor and demonstrates advances in Chilean small satellite engineering.
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