MAC-200
Spacecraft · Canada
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Canadian Space Agency satellite with two payloads: the CASCADE high bandwith Ka-band communications relay package and the ePOP suite of instruments to study the polar ionosphere. The satellite was built by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA Ltd.) using a Bristol Aerospace spacecraft bus.
More at: Cassiope-1.
Related
- Family
- Communications
- Country
- Canada
- Launch Vehicles
- Falcon 9
- Launch Sites
- Vandenberg SLC4E
- Bibliography
- 12784
Chronology
1 event
2013 September 29
16:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC4E. LV Family: Falcon. Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9.- Cassiope - .
Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Nation: Canada.
Class: Communications.
Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: MAC-200.
USAF Sat Cat: 39265 . COSPAR: 2013-055A. Apogee: 1,437 km (892 mi). Perigee: 324 km (201 mi). Inclination: 80.99 deg. Period: 102.57 min.
Canadian Space Agency satellite with two payloads: the CASCADE high bandwith Ka-band communications relay package and the ePOP suite of instruments to study the polar ionosphere. The satellite was built by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA Ltd.) using a Bristol Aerospace spacecraft bus. First launch of the Falcon 9 v1.1 upgrade of the Falcon 9 rocket.