EagleCam

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EagleCam

The EagleCam CubeSat and its dispenser at deployment
Mission type	Technology demonstration
Operator	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Intuitive Machines
Website	https://erau.edu/eaglecam
Mission duration	Launch to Landing: 13 days On surface: 30 minutes (lifespan)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	EagleCam
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Bus	1.5U CubeSat
Manufacturer	ERAU Space Technologies Laboratory
Dimensions	100 mm x 100 mm x 150 mm [1]
Start of mission
Launch date	February 15, 2024, 06:05:37 (2024-02-15UTC06:05:37) UTC
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5 F9-299
Launch site	LC-39A
Contractor	SpaceX
Deployed from	Nova-C Odysseus lander
End of mission
Disposal	Decomissioned
Declared	March 31, 2024
Lunar lander
Landing date	February 28, 2024
Landing site	4 m (13 ft) away from Odysseus lander, near Malapert A crater

EagleCam was a deployable CubeSat camera system designed to capture the lunar landing of the Nova-C Odysseus lander on the Moon. Designed and manufactured by staff and students working in the Space Technologies Laboratory at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, it was intended to deploy from Odysseus and take the first photographs of a spacecraft landing on the moon from a third-person perspective. It also planned to test an electrodynamic dust shield system in space for the first time and utilize a Wi-Fi connection to transmit data for the first time on the lunar surface.