HaloSat

retired

Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 1998-067NXLaunched 5/21/2018

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: S.S. J.R. Thompson
Launch Vehicle: Antares 230
Launch Date: 5/21/2018
Last Contact: 1/4/2021

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 403 km
Inclination: 51.64 deg
Dry Mass: 6 kg
Total Mass: 6 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Science Exploration
Payload Category: AST
Payload Class: A

Organizations

Operator: University of Iowa
Manufacturer: Blue Canyon Technologies

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1998-067NX

Track

Mentions

4

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

The HaloSat mission, led by the University of Iowa and launched in 2018, was the first NASA Astrophysics cubesat to survey hot gas in the Milky Way.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 15, 2020NASA Astrophysics Division embraces cubesats and smallsats

HaloSat, a cubesat deployed from the ISS in 2018, was built to measure diffuse X-ray emission from halos of material surrounding galaxies.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 7, 2020Cubesats gain broader acceptance for astrophysics missions

TEMPEST-D and HaloSat were launched from the International Space Station in July 2018.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Aug 5, 2019Blue Canyon Technologies continues NASA cubesat operations

Blue Canyon Technologies will continue operating the NASA-funded cubesats TEMPEST-D and HaloSat from its mission operations center in Boulder, Colorado under contract extensions announced 2019-08-05.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.6Aug 5, 2019Blue Canyon Technologies continues NASA cubesat operations