CAPE-2 ''(Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment 2)'', or Louisiana-OSCAR 75, was an American
amateur
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miniaturized satellite developed by students at the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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.
As part of
NASA's
Educational Launch of Nanosatellites
Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) is an initiative created by NASA to attract and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The program is managed by the Launch Services Program (LSP) at NASA ...
(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.
See also
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List of CubeSats
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CAPE-1
CAPE-1 ''(Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment)'' is an amateur miniaturized satellite developed by students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The CubeSat was launched successfully into orbit at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ...
References
External links
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Student satellites
Spacecraft launched in 2013
CubeSats
Amateur radio satellites
Spacecraft launched by Minotaur rockets
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