Will receive transmissions from ground stations for fighting wildfires.
Demonstrate miniaturized electric propulsion system/student education.
Student education and precursor to possible constellation. Carries an AIS receiver and near-infrared camera for detection of wildfires.
"Study variations in the plasma density of the ionosphere by collecting high-frequency radio signals, including those from natural galactic background emissions, from Jupiter, and from transmitters on Earth."
Technology demonstration of environmentally durable space hardware
Equipped with atomic clocks to be synchronized with a ground clock via laser pulses.
ISX will study plasma irregularities in the upper atmosphere by measuring its affect on digital TV signals produced on the ground.
