Alaska Research CubeSat (ARC)
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Research CubeSat (ARC) is a continuing student satellite series. Students designed and built ARC-1, launched it in 2015 on the NASA/NRO GRACE rideshare, tracked and commanded the spacecraft through the Fairbanks ground station, and are developing ARC2 with improved systems after ARC-1 failure analysis.
Identity
- Field
- Student spacecraft design, CubeSats, satellite systems engineering, attitude control, flight hardware, ground-station operations, and Arctic Earth observation
- Name
- Alaska Research CubeSat (ARC)
- Region
- NA
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Research CubeSat (ARC) is a continuing student satellite series. Students designed and built ARC-1, launched it in 2015 on the NASA/NRO GRACE rideshare, tracked and commanded the spacecraft through the Fairbanks ground station, and are developing ARC2 with improved systems after ARC-1 failure analysis.
- Latitude
- 64.8593
- Location
- Longitude
- -147.8295
- University
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 17:42:25 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 17:42:25 UTC