SwampSat 2 [UFL]
Official name SWAMPSAT-2
Alternative name SwampSat-2
Cospar ID 2019-071E
Norad ID 45115
Launch date 2019-11-02
Launch site WLPIS
Launch vehicle Antares-230+
Country/Organization USA
Type application Technology
Operator University of Florida, Gainesville
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date 2021-10-19
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 4
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 5.7
Contractors University of Florida, Gainesville
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The SwampSat 2 is a 3U CubeSat mission by the University of Florida, Gainesville, for a Design-Build-Fly CubeSat for Characterization of VLF Wave in Low Earth Orbit.

SwampSat 2 is a technology demonstration mission to test a boom and antenna spooling and deployment mechanism to support a matched very low frequency (VLF, 3-30 kHz) antenna receiver pair. It will experimentally quantify VLF electromagnetic wave propagation through the lower ionosphere in order to elucidate the role of VLF whistler-mode waves in controlling the energetic particle populations of the Earth's radiation belts.

It was selected in 2017 by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) to be launched as part of the ELaNa program.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
SWAMPSAT-2 2019-071E 2019-11-02 WLPIS Antares-230+ with Cygnus CRS-12, STPSat 4, HARP, Phoenix, RadSat-u, SOCRATES, Argus 02, HuskySat 1, AeroCube 14A, 14B, AeroCube 15A, 15B, Orbital Factory 2