CAPE-2

Mission type	Technology
Operator	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
COSPAR ID	2013-064C
SATCAT no.	39382
Website	CAPE-2
Mission duration	11 months, 3 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	1U CubeSat
Manufacturer	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Launch mass	1 kg (2.2 lb)
Dimensions	10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm (3.9 in × 3.9 in × 3.9 in)
Start of mission
Launch date	20 November 2013, 01:15 (2013-11-20UTC01:15Z) UTC[1]
Rocket	Minotaur I
Launch site	Wallops LA-0B[2]
Contractor	Northrop Grumman
End of mission
Decay date	23 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	498 km (309 mi)
Apogee altitude	500 km (310 mi)
Inclination	40.51°
Period	93.4 minutes
Epoch	20 November 2013

CAPE-2 (Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment 2), or Louisiana-OSCAR 75, was an American amateur miniaturized satellite developed by students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.^[3]

Background

The purpose of CAPE 2 is to gather data while orbiting in space and transmit this data to the ground station on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. The team of engineering students runs experiments and maintain the satellite while in orbit.^[4]

As part of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) educational launch of nanosatellites program, CAPE-2 was launched with the following payloads: a Voice Repeater, Text to Speech, Tweeting, Digipeater, File Storage and Transfers, and DTMF Query.

Status

On October 23, 2014, the CAPE-2 satellite re-entered the atmosphere.^[5]