EagleCam
EagleCam is 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.
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 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | February 15, 2024, 06:05:37 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 |
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