ION (satellite)

Failed CubeSat satellite

The Illinois Observing Nanosatellite (ION) is the first CubeSat mission developed by the students of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The satellite was lost in the failure of the Dnepr launch on 26 July 2006. Completed in April 2005 as a part of the Illinois Tiny Satellite Initiative,[1] the satellite took almost four years to be designed, built and tested by an interdisciplinary team of student engineers.[2] The payloads included a photometer, a micro-thruster and a camera.

## Mission objectives

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The science and technology objectives of the ION-1 mission were aimed at advancing key enabling technologies for CubeSats:[3]

1. Measurement of oxygen intensity in Earth's ionosphere to understand how energy transfers occur across large regions
2. Test the MicroVacuum Arc Thruster (μVAT), a versatile small satellite propulsion technology for lateral movement and fine-control of attitude
3. Test the SID processor board designed specifically for small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO)
4. Test a small CMOS camera for Earth imaging
5. Demonstrate attitude stabilization on a CubeSat

## Future missions at UIUC

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ION-1 was built using the IlliniSat-1 bus. The upgraded IlliniSat-2 bus is now under development for missions such as Lower Atmosphere Ionosphere Coupling Experiment (LAICE) and the CubeSail, both to be launched in 2016.[4]

## References

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1. ^ [1] ITSI Initiative (CubeSat @ UofI), retrieved 11 January 2014.
2. ^ [2] Archived 2010-08-13 at the Wayback Machine IlliniSat-2, retrieved 11 January 2014.
3. ^ [3] ION Information Sheet, retrieved 11 January 2014.
4. ^ [4] Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine NASA to launch two satellites developed by Illinois faculty, retrieved 17 October 2014

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