COMPASS-2

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title: "COMPASS-2" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cubesats", "student-satellites", "rwth-aachen-university", "satellites-of-germany"] topic_path: "society/education" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COMPASS-2" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

COMPASS-2 (also known as DragSail-CubeSat) is the second satellite developed by students from FH Aachen and RWTH Aachen University. It has a sail to increase its drag coefficient, and was launched (with a number of other satellites) in 2017 by means of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

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  1. Graham, William. (22 June 2017). "PSLV rocket launches Cartosat 2E and 30 small sats". NASA Spaceflight.

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