Monday, January 28, 2019

Ocean Color Cubesat

Following yet another SpaceX launch, the fact that it included an Ocean Color cubesat caught my eye. It turns out that it is possible to find more info. Here are some links:

Here is a nice article in a trade publication from a couple of years ago which gives lots of info about the sensor and development program. It appears to be called SeaHawk. http://spie.org/newsroom/6691-monitoring-coastal-ocean-color-with-low-cost-cubesats?SSO=1

The one that launched in December was SeaHawk1 and it seems to have been built by UNC: https://uncw.edu/news/2018/12/Spaceflight-Successfully-Launches-64-Satellites-on-First-Dedicated-Rideshare-Mission,-Including-UNCWs-Seahawk-1.html