CSUNSat1

CSUNSat1 is CSUN's first satellite. A collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the satellite's mission is to space test a new low temperature energy storage system. CSUNSat1 was launched in April 2017 and deployed from the International Space Station in May 2017. It successfully completed its primary mission in July 2017 and is now performing additional experiments.

In-Space Hybrid Energy Storage System Demonstration on CSUNSat1

Under the Small Satellite Technology Partnership Initiative, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and California State University, Northridge (CSUN) have developed a Cubesat, and associated payload, to demonstrate a JPL Hybrid Energy Storage System consisting of a new JPL electrolyte Li-ion chemistry, coupled with high-power super-capacitors. This energy storage system meets the needs of small spacecraft and in situ instruments that...