Session
Technical Session XI: Mission Lessons II
Abstract
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) launched 2 QbX CubeSats from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on December 8, 2010 as secondary payloads aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle, leveraging the flight opportunity provided by the first COTS Demo Flight of SpaceX’s Dragon Module. This paper will describe the development of the QbX CubeSats, present measured flight data, and evaluate the overall mission performance of the QbX CubeSats.
Presentation Slides
QbX - The CubeSat Experiment
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) launched 2 QbX CubeSats from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on December 8, 2010 as secondary payloads aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle, leveraging the flight opportunity provided by the first COTS Demo Flight of SpaceX’s Dragon Module. This paper will describe the development of the QbX CubeSats, present measured flight data, and evaluate the overall mission performance of the QbX CubeSats.
