Description of Research

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Description of Research –Q-PACE Cubesat Experiment
The overall goal of the Q-PACE mission is to understand protoplanetary growth.

Q-PACE will perform over 100 collision experiments producing 10’s of thousands of collisions simulating
the first steps in planet formation. The Q-PACE experiment consists of a particle chamber that is shaken
to induce low-velocity collisions between the particles; these types of collision cannot be achieved in
Earth’s gravity. The collisional evolution of the swarm of particles is captured by a high-speed video
camera. The video data is transmitted to the ground station for analysis to measure the outcomes of
collisions based on impact speed and particle type.

The radio communications links are necessary to control the experiment and to get the data back to
Earth. There is no other means available to achieve this data acquisition and control.

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