PEASSS [PEASSS consortium]
Official name PEASSS
Alternative name PEASSS
Cospar ID 2017-008BV
Norad ID 42015
Launch date 2017-02-15
Launch site SRI
Launch vehicle PSLV-XL
Country/Organization Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Israel
Type application Technology
Operator PEASSS consortium
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2023-12-01
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 3
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.3
Contractors PEASSS consortium
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power Solar arrays, batteries

PEASSS (Piezo Electric Assisted Smart Satellite Structure) is a 3U CubeSat built by a multi-national consortium.

PEASSS is under development as part of a FP7 European Commission project involving Active Space Technologies GmbH (Germany), TNO and ISIS (Netherlands), SONACA (Belgium), Technion and NSL (Israel).

The main objective of the project is to develop, manufacture, test and qualify "smart structures" which combine composite panels, piezoelectric materials, and next generation sensors, for autonomously improved pointing accuracy and power generation in space. The system components include new nano satellite electronics, a piezo power generation system, a piezo actuated smart structure and a fiber-optic sensor and interrogator system.

The satellite was launched on a bulk Cubesat launch on an Indian PSLV-XL in February 2017.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
PEASSS 2017-008BV 2017-02-15 SRI PSLV-XL with Cartosat 2D, INS 1A, INS 1B, Flock-3p 1, ..., 88, Lemur-2 22, ..., 29, BGUSat, DIDO 2, Al-Farabi 1, Nayif 1