WMO OSCAR | Satellite: ISS RainCube

Satellite: ISS RainCube

Satellite details

Acronym	ISS RainCube
Full name	Radar in a CubeSat
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	Mission sent to space by a re-supply flight to the International Space Station and thereafter released in free orbit from the ISS
Mass at launch		Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Data available from JPL NASA
Orbit	Drifting orbit	Altitude	407 km
Inclination	51.6 °

Space agency	NASA , CSA, DLR, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	21 May 2018	EOL	22 Dec 2020
Last update:	2022-01-03

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

International Space Station
- ISS ASIM (2018 - 2024)
- ISS CATS (2015 - 2017)
- ISS CLARREO-PF (2027 - 2028)
- ISS COWVR (2021 - 2024)
- ISS DESIS (2018 - 2024)
- ISS ECOSTRESS (2018 - 2026)
- ISS EMIT (2022 - 2026)
- ISS GARI (2021 - 2023)
- ISS GEDI (2018 - 2030)
- ISS HICO (2009 - 2014)
- ISS HISUI (2019 - 2024)
- ISS LIS (2017 - 2023)
- ISS MOLI (2024 - 2028)
- ISS RainCube (2018 - 2020)
- ISS RapidScat (2014 - 2016)
- ISS SAGE-III (2017 - 2026)
- ISS TEMPEST-1 (2021 - 2024)
- ISS TEMPEST-D (2018 - 2021)
- ISS TSIS-1 (2017 - 2026)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on ISS RainCube

Acronym	Full name
RainCube	Radar In a CubeSat

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on ISS RainCube

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
RainCube	Radar In a CubeSat	27 Aug 2018	22 Dec 2020	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed

Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control

Earth observation MW frequencies

Service	Sensing mode	Frequency (GHz)	Bandwidth (MHz)	Polarisation	Comments
RainCube	active	36 GHz - 35.75 GHz	0 MHz	-	Ka-band precipitation radar