On March 1, a DC to DC converter for the scientific instruments failed, possibly due to a short circuit, ending its scientific mission. However, the satellite was operated until September 27, serving as a testbed for various software algorithms and store-and-forward communications.
The entire satellite was built in a year and the cost, including launch, was 1.4 million U.S. dollars.
Astrid-2edit
Astrid-2 was Sweden's second microsatellite and it was piggybacked with Nadezhda 5, a Russian navigation satellite on December 10, 1998, on a Kosmos-3M rocket from Plesetsk in Russia.[2][3]
Its payload, built by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna and Uppsala and the Royal Institute of Technology (Alfven Laboratory) in Stockholm, was EMMA (Electrical and Magnetic field Monitoring of the Aurora), LINDA (Langmuir INterferometer and Density experiment for Astrid-2), MEDUSA (Miniaturized Electrostatic DUal-tophat Spherical Analyzer) and PIA (Photometers for Imaging the Aurora). It was used to explore the electric and magnetic fields in the upper ionosphere and to measure neutral and charged particles and electron density.
On July 24, 1999, the contact with the satellite was lost. During its 7+1⁄2 months in space, Astrid-2 delivered a large amount of information to researchers.
Energetic Neutral Atom Imaging By The Astrid Microsatellite
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astrid, satellite, astrid, astrid, were, microsatellites, designed, developed, swedish, space, corporation, behalf, swedish, national, space, board, they, were, piggyback, launched, cosmos, launch, vehicle, from, plesetsk, russia, astrid, january, 1995, astrid. Astrid 1 and Astrid 2 were two microsatellites designed and developed by Swedish Space Corporation on behalf of the Swedish National Space Board They were piggyback launched on a Cosmos 3M launch vehicle from Plesetsk Russia Astrid 1 on January 24 1995 and Astrid 2 on December 10 1998 Astrid 1 and Astrid 2OperatorSwedish National Space BoardCOSPAR IDAstrid 1 1995 002BAstrid 2 1998 072BSATCAT no Astrid 1 23464Astrid 2 25568WebsiteAstrid 1 at SSC Astrid 2 at SSCMission durationAstrid 1 246 daysAstrid 2 226 daysSpacecraft propertiesManufacturerSwedish Space CorporationLaunch massAstrid 1 27 kg 60 lb Astrid 2 lt 30 kg 66 lb PowerAstrid 1 11 88 W payload 38 5 W nominal Astrid 2 16 W payload 90 W nominal Start of missionLaunch dateAstrid 1 03 54 22 January 24 1995 UTC 1995 01 24T03 54 22Z Astrid 2 11 57 07 December 10 1998 UTC 1998 12 10T11 57 07Z RocketCosmos 3MEnd of missionDisposalDecommissionedDeactivatedAstrid 1 September 27 1995 1995 09 27 however on March 1 the scientific instruments became inoperable Astrid 2 July 24 1999 1999 07 24 Orbital parametersReference systemGeocentricPerigee altitudeAstrid 1 968 km 601 mi Astrid 2 968 km 601 mi Apogee altitudeAstrid 1 1 026 km 638 mi Astrid 2 1 014 km 630 mi InclinationAstrid 1 82 9 Astrid 2 82 9 PeriodAstrid 1 105 minAstrid 2 105 min Contents 1 Astrid 1 2 Astrid 2 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksAstrid 1 editSweden s first microsatellite was piggybacked with the launch of Tsikada a Russian navigation satellite and FAISAT a United States communications satellite It carried an Energetic Neutral Atom imager called PIPPI Prelude in Planetary Particle Imaging an Electron Spectrometer called EMIL Electron Measurements In situ and Lightweight and two UV imagers called MIO Miniature Imaging Optics one for imaging the Earth s aurora and one for observing Lyman alpha emission from the Earth s geocorona This payload named after characters in Astrid Lindgren s books the idea came from a Russian scientist 1 was developed by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna On March 1 a DC to DC converter for the scientific instruments failed possibly due to a short circuit ending its scientific mission However the satellite was operated until September 27 serving as a testbed for various software algorithms and store and forward communications The entire satellite was built in a year and the cost including launch was 1 4 million U S dollars Astrid 2 editAstrid 2 was Sweden s second microsatellite and it was piggybacked with Nadezhda 5 a Russian navigation satellite on December 10 1998 on a Kosmos 3M rocket from Plesetsk in Russia 2 3 Its payload built by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna and Uppsala and the Royal Institute of Technology Alfven Laboratory in Stockholm was EMMA Electrical and Magnetic field Monitoring of the Aurora LINDA Langmuir INterferometer and Density experiment for Astrid 2 MEDUSA Miniaturized Electrostatic DUal tophat Spherical Analyzer and PIA Photometers for Imaging the Aurora It was used to explore the electric and magnetic fields in the upper ionosphere and to measure neutral and charged particles and electron density On July 24 1999 the contact with the satellite was lost During its 7 1 2 months in space Astrid 2 delivered a large amount of information to researchers See also editOdin satellite Viking satellite References edit Satelliter finansierade av Rymdstyrelsen in Swedish Swedish National Space Board Archived from the original on 2014 07 14 Retrieved 2014 07 07 NASA Mission and Spacecraft Library Astrid 2 Astrid 2 www astronautix com Archived from the original on 3 March 2022 Retrieved 24 April 2022 External links editAstrid 1 at Swedish Space Corporation Astrid 2 at Swedish Space Corporation Astrid 1 Quicklook from NASA s Mission and Spacecraft Library Astrid 2 Quicklook from NASA s Mission and Spacecraft Library Astrid 1 at Astronautix Astrid 2 at Astronautix Energetic Neutral Atom Imaging By The Astrid Microsatellite Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Astrid satellite amp oldid 1203975418, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
