CANYVAL-X: CubeSat Astronomy by NASA and Yonsei using Virtual Telescope Alignment eXperiment
CANYVAL-X matures formation alignment technology enabling the next-generation of distributed space virtual telescopes.
For the CANYVAL-X fact sheet, click here.
CANYVAL-X is a technology demonstration CubeSat Mission with a primary objective of validating technologies that allow two spacecraft to fly in formation along an inertial line-of-sight (i.e., align two spacecraft to an inertial source). Demonstration of precision dual-spacecraft alignment achieving fine angular precision enables a variety of cutting-edge heliophysics and astrophysics.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (HTSI)
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Animators
- Steven Z. Queen (NASA/GSFC)
- Shaun Oborn (SGT)
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Principal investigator
- Sang-Young Park (Yonsei University)
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Project scientist
- Michael Keidar (GWU)
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Project manager
- Neerav Shah (NASA/GSFC)
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Chief engineer
- Phil Calhoun (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, October 13, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.