Astronomy:Doge-1

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Short description: Mission to launch a satellite into the orbit of the moon, paid for by cryptocurrency

DOGE-1 is a CubeSat mission planned by Geometric Energy Corporation.[1][2] The mission is being paid for entirely with the cryptocurrency Dogecoin,[3][4][5] which is known for its popular "Doge" meme.[6] DOGE-1 is being developed by Geometric Energy Corporation, which announced the project in May 2021. The satellite will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and will be used to collect "lunar-spatial intelligence" using onboard sensors and a camera. Mission to launch a small (40 kg) satellite into lunar orbit to explore the Moon and display images and digital art on a small screen on lunar orbiter that will be broadcast back to Earth.[7] According to Samuel Reid, a miniature screen on the DOGE-1 satellite will display advertisements, images and logos, which will subsequently be broadcast to the Earth.[8]

Purpose

DOGE-1 CubeSat is a small, lightweight satellite[9] that will be equipped with sensors and cameras to capture images and data of the lunar surface in order to improve our understanding of the lunar geology, environment and potential resources.[7] The main purpose of Doge-1 is to broadcast advertisements, logos and images on the screen of the Doge-1 satellite, which will be orbiting the Moon. Screen images will be captured by installed cameras and broadcast to Earth, from where they will be streamed to Twitch and Youtube platforms.[10]

Effects of the launch

One of the founders of Dogecoin, Jackson Palmer, was unhappy with the announcement of the DOGE-1 mission to launch. This is due both to his growing disdain for cryptocurrency and his reservations about Elon Musk’s intentions with Dogecoin. He and others believe that Elon Musk uses his Twitter platform to promote "crypto pyramid schemes[s]."[11]

Space Billboard

DOGE-1 includes a space billboard that hosts ad images that are then taken by a satellite-mounted camera and broadcast to Earth. The display is controlled using tokenized Xi Protocol claims[12][13] To control the image on the space display, five tokenized claims (Rho, Beta, Gamma, Kappa, and Xi), will be responsible for five parameters, which are height, width, brightness, hue, and placement time on the screen, respectively.[14] In structure, this may resemble an artboard, such as The Million Dollar Homepage or r/place.[15]

Launch date

The launch of DOGE-1 was announced by Elon Musk on Twitter on May 9, 2021[16] as a rideshare on the Nova-C/IM-1 mission,[17] a joint mission between Intuitive Machines and NASA. The Nova-C mission has been repeatedly postponed by Intuitive Machines' launch provider SpaceX, which has also postponed the launch of DOGE-1.[18] As of December 2023, the launch of the Nova-C IM-1 mission, with DOGE-1 as a rideshare payload, is scheduled to take place in February 2024.[19][20][21]

As of 28 November 2023, the NTIA and FCC have approved the license for DOGE-1 (file number 0083-EX-CN-2022).

As of January 6th, 2024 The CEO Of Geometric Energy has stated that in a 𝕏 (formerly twitter) spaces, named the dogecoin birthday space, That the Doge-1 cubesat is still in the UK undergoing tests and afterwards still needs integrations in the US at Maverick Space.

Additionally SpaceX requires a 35 day to be delivered by date before launching, there has been no confirmations of the cubesat being shipped to SpaceX.

https://t.me/c/2057688392/134900

References

  1. ↑ Gans, Nicholas. "Dogecoin To The Actual Moon" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasgans/2021/05/09/dogecoin-to-the-actual-moon/. 
  2. ↑ O'Callaghan, Jonathan. "Elon Musk's SpaceX Is Launching An Actual Dogecoin Mission To The Moon In 2022" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2021/05/10/elon-musks-spacex-is-launching-an-actual-dogecoin-mission-to-the-moon-in-2022/. 
  3. ↑ "SpaceX accepts dogecoin as payment to launch lunar mission next year" (in en). Reuters. 2021-05-09. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/spacex-accepts-dogecoin-payment-launch-lunar-mission-next-year-2021-05-09/. 
  4. ↑ Corporation, Geometric Energy. "SpaceX to Launch DOGE-1 to the Moon!" (in en). https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/spacex-to-launch-doge-1-to-the-moon--875845973.html. 
  5. ↑ "Dogecoin Used to Pay for Lunar Satellite Mission With SpaceX" (in en). Bloomberg.com. 2021-05-10. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-10/dogecoin-used-to-pay-for-lunar-satellite-mission-with-spacex. 
  6. ↑ Sheetz, Michael. "SpaceX accepts Dogecoin as payment to launch 'DOGE-1 mission to the Moon' next year" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/09/spacex-accepts-dogecoin-payment-for-doge-1-mission-to-the-moon.html. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "How Elon Musk Literally Sent DOGE into Space". https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-elon-musk-literally-sent-doge-into-space. 
  8. ↑ Duffy, Kate. "SpaceX and a Canadian startup plan to launch a satellite that will beam adverts into space. Anyone can buy pixels on the satellite's screen with dogecoin." (in en-US). https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-start-up-launch-satellite-space-advertising-cryptocurrency-2021-7. 
  9. ↑ Urban, Viktoria (2022-02-18). "GEC buys satellite platforms from Exobotics" (in en-US). https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/gec-buys-satellite-platforms-from-exobotics/. 
  10. ↑ "Elon Musk's SpaceX may launch a tiny Canadian satellite that will livestream ads from space: report" (in en). 2021-08-12. https://www.space.com/spacex-canadian-satellite-film-ads-in-space. 
  11. ↑ Kay, Grace. "Dogecoin creator says it 'annoyed' him when Elon Musk tried to send the cryptocurrency 'to the moon'" (in en-US). https://www.businessinsider.com/dogecoin-creator-annoyed-elon-musk-promoted-cryptocurrency-2022-9. 
  12. ↑ @geometricenergy. "The Geometric-1 Mission to Earth Orbit on October 1, 2022 as a Transporter-6 rideshare" (in en). https://twitter.com/geometricenergy/status/1531308170919849984.  Missing or empty |date= (help)
  13. ↑ "GEC Energy DOGE-1 Moon Mission" (in en-US). https://dogelabs.io/doge1/. 
  14. ↑ "The Space Tokens". GitBook. https://docs.xiprotocol.io/about/the-space-tokens. 
  15. ↑ Duffy, Kate. "SpaceX and a Canadian startup plan to launch a satellite that will beam adverts into space. Anyone can buy pixels on the satellite's screen with dogecoin." (in en-US). https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-start-up-launch-satellite-space-advertising-cryptocurrency-2021-7. 
  16. ↑ Elon Musk [@elonmusk] (May 9, 2021). ""SpaceX launching satellite Doge-1 to the moon next year"" (in en-US). https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1391523807148527620. 
  17. ↑ "DOGE-1 SpaceX's first mission paid entirely with Dogecoin could lift off to the Moon in December" (in en). https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/doge-launch. 
  18. ↑ "Intuitive Machines' first lunar lander mission slips to 2022" (in en-US). https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-first-lunar-lander-mission-slips-to-2022/. 
  19. ↑ "Falcon 9 Block 5 - Nova C (IM-1)". Next Spaceflight. 19 December 2023. https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1915. 
  20. ↑ "Intuitive Machines reports first quarter 2023 financial results". Intuitive Machines (Press release). 11 May 2023. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 with DOGE-1 & IM-1/NOVA-C". SPACETV. https://www.spacetv.net/live/launch-of-spacex-falcon-9-with-doge-1-mission-to-the-moon/. 



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