Engineering:GOMX-3

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GOMX-3
Mission typeTechnology demonstration
Operator23px European Space Agency
COSPAR ID1998-067HA
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type3U CubeSat
ManufacturerDenmark GomSpace
Start of mission
Launch date19 August 2015, 11:50:49 UTC
RocketH-IIB with Kounotori 5
Launch siteYoshinobu Launch Complex
Deployed fromISS
Deployment date5 October 2015
End of mission
Decay date18 October 2016
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GOMX-3 was a technology demonstration CubeSat operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Danish company GomSpace in low Earth orbit between 2015 and 2016.[1][2] It was ESA's first in-orbit demonstration CubeSat.[3] After being deployed from the ISS on 5 October 2015, it successfully tested various miniaturised communication technologies.[4][5][6]

See also

  • List of European Space Agency programmes and missions

References

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