The AlfaCrux CubeSat Mission Description and Early Results

On 1 April 2022, the AlfaCrux CubeSat was launched by the Falcon 9 Transporter-4 mission, the fourth SpaceX dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida into a Sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km. AlfaCrux is an amateur radio...

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Main Authors: Renato Alves Borges, Andrea Cristina dos Santos, William Reis Silva, Leonardo Aguayo, Geovany Araújo Borges, Marcelo Monte Karam, Rogério Baptista de Sousa, Bibiano Fernández-Arruti García, Vitor Manuel de Sousa Botelho, José Manuel Fernández-Carrillo, José Miguel Lago Agra, Fernando Aguado Agelet, João Vítor Quintiliano Silvério Borges, Alexandre Crepory Abbott de Oliveira, Bruno Tunes de Mello, Yasmin da Costa Ferreira Avelino, Vinícius Fraga Modesto, Emanuel Couto Brenag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/19/9764