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Burstcube

retired
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Launched 3/21/2024
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
12 kg
Total Mass
12 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Manufacturer

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch Mission

Zarya

11/20/1998

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

BurstCube was designed and built at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Mentioned as: BurstCubeSourceDec 19, 2023

BurstCube underwent thermal vacuum testing at Goddard where test temperatures ranged from minus 4 to 113 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 20 to 45 degrees Celsius).

Mentioned as: BurstCubeSourceDec 19, 2023

Goddard engineers delivered the BurstCube satellite to Nanoracks, part of Voyager Space, in Houston, Texas for packing prior to launch.

Mentioned as: BurstCubeSourceDec 19, 2023

To qualify for launch, BurstCube underwent vibration testing at Washington Laboratories in Frederick, Maryland with vibration frequencies ranging from 20 to 20,000 hertz.

Mentioned as: BurstCubeSourceDec 19, 2023