Editing CASSIOPE (section)

{{Short description|Canadian Space Agency multi-mission satellite}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox spaceflight |auto=all
| name                  = CASSIOPE
| image                 = CASSIOPE_launch_001.jpg
| image_caption         = CASSIOPE launches on a [[Falcon 9]] v1.1

| mission_type          = Technology <br/> Communications <br/> Research
| operator              = [[University of Calgary]]
| website               = http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/cassiope.asp
| COSPAR_ID             = 2013-055A
| SATCAT                = 39265
| mission_duration      = Primary mission: 18 months<ref name="space20130927"/> <br/> Design life: 2 years<ref name="nasasf20130929"/><ref name="ucal-faq"/> <br/> Elapsed: {{Time interval|29 September 2013 16:00|show=ymd|sep=,}}
| orbits_completed      = 53807<ref name="n2yo">{{cite web|url=http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=39265|title=CASSIOPE Satellite details 2013-055A NORAD 39265|publisher=N2YO|date=January 30, 2024|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>

| spacecraft_bus        = [[MAC-200]]
| manufacturer          = [[MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates|MDA]] <small>(prime)</small> <br/> [[Magellan Aerospace]] <small>(subcontractor)</small> <br/> Com Dev <small>(subcontractor)</small>
| launch_mass           = {{convert|500|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="ucal-faq"/>
| dimensions            = {{convert|180|*|125|cm|abbr=on}}<ref name="ucal-faq"/>
| power                 = 5 solar panels generating <br /> up to 600 W<ref name="ucal-faq"/>

| launch_date           = {{start-date|September 29, 2013, 16:00|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC
| launch_rocket         = [[Falcon 9 v1.1]]
| launch_site           = [[Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4E]]
| launch_contractor     = [[SpaceX]]
| entered_service       = <!--commission date-->

<!--end of mission-->
| disposal_type         = <!--Whether the spacecraft was deorbited, decommissioned, placed in a graveyard orbit, etc-->
| deactivated           = <!-- when craft was decommissioned -->
| destroyed             = <!-- when craft was destroyed (if other than by re-entry) -->
| last_contact          = <!-- when last signal received if not decommissioned -->
| decay_date            = <!-- when craft re-entered the atmosphere, not needed if it landed -->
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The following template should be used for ONE of the three above fields "end_of_mission", "decay" or "landing" if the spacecraft is no longer operational. If it landed intact, use it for the landing time, otherwise for the date it ceased operations, or the decay date if it was still operational when it re-entered

{{end-date|[insert date and time here]|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC
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| orbit_epoch           = January 30, 2024, 12:46:11&nbsp;UTC<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_reference       = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime          = [[low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
| orbit_periapsis       = {{convert|320|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_apoapsis        = {{convert|1064.2|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_inclination     = 80.9604&nbsp;degrees<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_semimajor       = {{convert|7063|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_eccentricity    = 0.0526838<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_period          = 98.46&nbsp;minutes<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_RAAN            = 349.3323&nbsp;degrees<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_arg_periapsis   = 335.9358&nbsp;degrees<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_mean_anomaly    = 21.8&nbsp;degrees<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_mean_motion     = 14.6254<ref name="n2yo"/>
| apsis                 = gee

| instruments           = <!--a list of instruments on the satellite-->
}}
'''Cascade, Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer''' ('''CASSIOPE'''),<ref name="Giffin2004"/> is a [[Canadian Space Agency]] (CSA) multi-mission [[satellite]] operated by the [[University of Calgary]]. The mission development and operations from launch to February 2018 was funded through CSA and the Technology Partnerships Canada program.<ref name="Giffin2004"/> In February 2018 CASSIOPE became part of the [[European Space Agency]]'s [[Swarm (spacecraft)|Swarm constellation]] through the [https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/3rd-party-missions/overview;jsessionid=2FB361765B7C12E7D448DDF553603794.jvm2 Third Party Mission Program]{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, known as Swarm Echo, or Swarm-E.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Swarm/Swarm_trio_becomes_a_quartet|title=Swarm trio becomes a quartet|website=www.esa.int|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> It was launched September 29, 2013, on the first flight of the [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 9 v1.1]] launch vehicle.<ref name="nasasf20130929"/><ref name=nsj20130327>{{cite news |url=http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/03/27/after-dragon-spacexs-focus-returns-to-falcon/ |title=After Dragon, SpaceX's focus returns to Falcon |work=NewSpace Journal |first=Jeff |last=Foust |date=March 27, 2013 |access-date=April 5, 2013}}</ref>  CASSIOPE is the first Canadian hybrid satellite to carry a dual mission in the fields of telecommunications and scientific research. The main objectives are to gather information to better understand the science of space weather, while verifying high-speed communications concepts through the use of advanced space technologies.

The satellite was deployed in an elliptical<ref name=srcf20120626/> [[polar orbit]]<ref name=ucalgary2013>{{cite web |url=http://epop.phys.ucalgary.ca/schedule.html |title=e-POP Project Schedule |publisher=[[University of Calgary]] |year=2013 |access-date=September 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728091823/http://epop.phys.ucalgary.ca/schedule.html |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and carries a commercial communications system called Cascade as well as a scientific experiment package called e-POP (enhanced Polar Outflow Probe).<ref name=ucalgary2013/>

Following staging, the Falcon 9's first stage was used by SpaceX for a [[Falcon 9 ocean booster landing tests|controlled descent and landing]] test. While the first stage was destroyed on impact with the ocean, significant data was acquired and the test was considered a success.<ref name="sn20130929"/>