Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer
Short Name:The short name or acronym of the facility. NRCSD
Facility Description
The NanoRacks CubeSatSmall satellites that use a standard size and form factor, traditionally measuring 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm in size that may be deployed from the space station to conduct research and technology development. Deployer is a stackable, modular, ground loaded launch case. Each NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer accommodates up to 6.5U and eight launch cases are stacked for each JEM Airlock opening. The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer meets the growing demand to deploy CubeSat format satellites from the International Space Station for a variety of customers.
Availability:The general availability status of the facility. Please contact the facility manager
ISS Environment:The facility location (internal or external to the ISS.) External
Owner:The entity that owns the facility. Nanoracks
Operator/Implementation Partner:The entity or ISS National Lab Implementation Partner that operates the facility.
Nanoracks
Developer(s):The entity, or entities, that developed the facility.
Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology
Facility Manager:The name of the facility manager and their organization.
Mary Murphy,
Nanoracks
Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
mmurphy@nanoracks.com
Parent Facility:Any facility that is necessary to operate the facility described on this webpage. i.e., a parent facility is one level higher in the operational hierarachy.
Child Facility:Facilities that can be operated within the facility described on this webpage.
Sponsoring Space Agency:The government space agency that sponsors investigations that use the facility. NASA
Equipment Category:"The facility's ISS National Lab equipment designation type. Designations include:
1. ISS National Lab Commercial Service Provider (CSP) Facility
2. Support Hardware
3. Capability ISS National Lab CSP Facility
Additional Information:Additional resources to learn more about the facility.
Past NRCSD investigations on NASA’s SSRE
Radix
HaloSat
EnduroSat One
CubeRRT
EQUiSat
NanoRacks-LEMUR-2
NanoRacks-NODeS
RadSat-g
TEMPEST-D
NanoRacks-MinXSS
iss051e049985 (5/26/2017) --- A view of the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) 12 during the release of ExAlta-1, part of the NanoRacks-QB50 group of CubeSats. The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer is a stackable, modular, ground loaded launch case. Each NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer accommodates up to 6.5U and eight launch cases are stacked for each JEM Airlock opening.