NanoSail-D2 Mission Dashboard

Mission Time Since Ejection

 

 

Mission Phase

Pre-Launch
~ 5:25 pm PST 11/19/10 Launch
Inside FASTSAT
2215 PST 12/5/10 Ejection Window Open
1900 PST 1/17/11 NanoSail Ejected
1900 PST 1/20/11 Sail deployed - full comms
0554 PST 1/21/11 Sail deployed - no power
9/17/11 De-orbit
 

Satellite Status - MISSION COMPLETE

Sail Deployment
Panels N/A
Sail N/A
Bus Status
Beacon 437.270 MHz Last radio contact
  0554 PST 1/21/11
Battery Voltage PLOT
 

Ground Segment Status

S-Band Stations
SCU-A O/OREOS Ops
SCU-B Operational
Amateur Radio Stations
SCU-OSCAR Operational
Auto Beacon Receive Network
SCU O/OREOS Ops
SLU O/OREOS Ops
PA O/OREOS Ops

STATUS: 

NanoSail-D de-orbited on September 17, 2001 after more than 240 days in orbit.  See the NASA Press Release for details.

The satellite was launched at 1725 PST on 11/19/10 and ejected from the FASTSAT mothership on 1/17/11 at approximately 1900 PST.  Beacon data was routinely received throughout the world from 1/19-21/11, and telemetry indicated that the sail deployed on schedule.  

NanoSail-D Over Leiden, the Netherlands 
(Credit/copyright: Marco Langbroek)

Because of the size and reflectivity of the spacecraft, it could be seen by the naked eye, and amateur astronomers around the world photographed the vehicle.  An album of photos is available on Flickr.

 
Tracking NanoSail-D: 469 packets from 11 countries submitted to date
 

Thank you to the amateur radio operators worldwide who obtained and submitted NanoSail-D beacon packets. 
  

Links

Mission Web Site
Mission Synopsis
NanoSail Images
NanoSail Twitter
YouTube Video
NASA Video
 

Video Feeds

Launch feed
Mission Control
 

Beacon Audio

 Audio by PA3GUO

 
  
Featured Photo
Courtesy NASA
Featured Graphic
Courtesy NASA

On-orbit mission control for the NanoSail-D2 mission is being provided by the students, staff and faculty of Santa Clara University's Robotics Systems Laboratory.

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