Big Red Sat-1
| Mission type | Technology demonstration |
|---|---|
| Operator | University of Nebraska Aerospace Club's Advanced eXperimental Payloads |
| Website | https://bigredsat.org/ |
| Mission duration | 105 days, 5 hours, 36 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Big Red Sat-1 |
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Bus | 1U CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, National Laboratory of the Rockies |
| Launch mass | 0.871 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 12 December 2023 |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
| Deployed from | International Space Station |
| Deployment date | 18 April 2024 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 1 August 2024 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Big Red Sat-1 was the first 1U CubeSat mission that characterized perovskite solar cells in low earth orbit. This mission was developed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in partnership with Oklahoma University and the National Laboratory of the Rockies, with funding from NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites initiative and donors. The design and operation of the satellite was performed by an interdisciplinary team of middle school, high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. The principal investigator for this mission was Professor Karen Stelling at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The designs for this mission were made entirely open source for future missions.