DAVE (CP-7)

Channel:

WikiReader

Subscribers:

9,560

Published on December 6, 2022 6:09:39 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUOL18zJxu8

Duration: 2:38

3 views

0

DAVE (CP-7), or Damping And Vibrations Experiment, is a technology demonstration nanosatellite developed by the PolySat laboratory at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in collaboration with Northrop Grumman. The spacecraft adheres to the 1U CubeSat standard and is currently in a 93° inclination orbit. DAVE will study the vibration of metal beams damped with tungsten particles in a micro-gravity environment. The test elements are driven by a piezoelectric actuator, and vibration data is collected via an accelerometer at the tip of each beam. DAVE was launched into a high-inclination orbit as a secondary payload on the final flight of the Delta II launch vehicle as part of the ELaNa-18 ride-share mission with NASA's ICESat-2 primary payload. The launch occurred out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on September 15 at 6:02 amplitude modulation local time. DAVE was deployed alongside three other CubeSat spacecraft: University of Central Florida's SurfSat, and two ELFIN spacecraft from University of California, Los Angeles.
As of November 2018, the spacecraft was active and in good health.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAVE_(CP-7)
Created with WikipediaReaderSentry (c) WikipediaReader
Images and videos sourced from Pexels (https://www.pexels.com)