|
KickSat is a small-satellite (femtosatellite) project inaugurated in early October, 2011, to launch a large number of very small satellites from a 3U CubeSat. The satellites have been characterized as being the size of a large postage stamp. and also as "cracker size".〔 〕 The mission launch was originally scheduled for late 2013〔 and was launched April 18, 2014. Kicksat reached its orbit and transmitted beacon signals that were received by radio amateurs, telemetry data allowed the prediction of the orbit and the reentry on 15 May 2014 at about 01:30 UTC. Due to a clock reset, however, the femtosatellites were not deployed but burned up inside the KickSat mothership. ==History== The project was crowdfunded through Kickstarter. Part of the appeal was in offering "personal spaceflight", the chance to effectively and affordably own and operate one's own satellite.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fourth European CubeSat Symposium )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KickSat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|