KSat Stuttgart | MIRKA2 Mission Overview - KSat University of Stuttgart - Kerbal Space Program @KSatStuttgart | Uploaded July 2014 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Micro Reentry Capsule 2 (MIRKA2) is a two segment nanosatellit reentry mission.
The cubesat is planned to be launched by the Canadarm2 from the ISS.
An experimenal pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) engine deorbits the system to separation altitude of 125km.
During separation the capsule gets accelerated and descends faster into the atmosphere.
During reentry several detectors measure the ablation behavior of the experimental heat shield.

Science:
Institute of Space Systems - University of Stuttgart
irs.uni-stuttgart.de/index_en.html

Small Satellite Student Group - University of Stuttgart
ksat.irs.uni-stuttgart.de

Game:
kerbalspaceprogram.com

Contact:
medien@ksat-stuttgart.de