The CuSP Team delivers the Cubesat to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Shown are (left to right) Mike Epperly, Project Manager, Don George, Mission Engineer, and Chad Loeffler, Flight Software Engineer.
Following deployment from the Artemis launch adaptor, contact with the spacecraft showed that it successfully stabilized and deployed its solar arrays, but after the initial 57 minute 27 second radio contact, no further contact was established, however the search is still on. Blind commanding will be performed to stabilize the spacecraft should it still be functioning.[5]
Objective
Measuring space weather that can create a wide variety of effects at Earth, from interfering with radio communications to tripping up satellite electronics to creating electric currents in power grids, is of importance. To create a network of space weather stations would require many instruments scattered throughout space millions of miles apart, but the cost of such a system is prohibitive.[2] Though the CubeSats can only carry a few instruments, they are relatively inexpensive to launch because of their small mass and standardized design. Thus, CuSP also was intended as a test for creating a network of space science stations.[2]
After a successful launch of the SLS at 12:47 am ET, The Orion/ICPS performed a Trans-Lunar Injection and separated. Shortly thereafter, CuSP was deployed from its launch canister. About 30 minutes after deployment, DSN received Open Loop Receiver (OLR) telemetry from CuSP indicating it had booted up, detumbled, deployed solar arrays, and assumed a SAFE, Sun-pointing, orientation. Multiple later attempts to receive signals from the spacecraft failed, and no further contact has been made. The CuSP team is investigating the cause of the sudden battery temperature increase and working to find a solution and to regain contact with the spacecraft. Additional contact attempts are planned during the remainder of 2022.[5]
Gallery
CuSP is instrumented and placed in the Thermal Vacuum Chamber.
Dr. Mihir Desai, Principal Investigator, seen with the CuSP
Dr. Don George testing the Electrical Power System (EPS) on the CuSP.
The post deployment sequence of operations of CuSP.
CuSP weighs-in at a 'wet mass' of 10.2 kg, well within the 14 kg mass limit.
Verifying that CuSP fits into its dispenser. This dispenser pushes CuSP out of the launch vehicle.
The Principal Technician for CuSP, Raymond Doty, makes final 'Pack and Ship' preparations for CuSP.
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in brackets).
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