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Astro-200
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American small satellite bus by Ball/AeroAstro. Total mass around 160 kg; designed for operation for at least a year in 400-850 km orbits.
AKA: STPSat;BCP-100. Status: Operational 2007. First Launch: 2007-03-09. Last Launch: 2013-11-20. Number: 3 .
More at: Astro-200.
Subtopics
| STPSat 1 Technology satellite built by AeroAstro for USAF STP (Space Test Program), USA. Launched 2007. Used the Astro-200 bus. |
| STPSat 2, 3 Technology satellite built by Ball Aerospace (prime); AeroAstro (bus) for USAF STP (Space Test Program), USA. Launched 2010 - 2013. Used the Astro-200 bus. |
| GPIM Technology satellite built by Ball Aerospace, Aerojet Corp. for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Ball Aerospace, Aerojet Corp.. Used the BCP-100 bus. |
| JMAPS Astrometry satellite built by AeroAstro, Ball for USNO. Used the Astro-200AS bus. |
Family:
MX,
Technology.
Country:
USA.
Launch Vehicles:
Minuteman,
Minotaur 1,
Atlas V,
Atlas V 401,
Minotaur IV.
Launch Sites:
Cape Canaveral LC41,
Wallops Island LA0B.
Bibliography:
12118.
2007 March 9 - .
03:10 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral.
Launch Complex:
Cape Canaveral LC41.
Launch Pad: SLC41.
LV Family:
Atlas V.
Launch Vehicle:
Atlas V 401.
- STPSat-1 - .
Mass: 170 kg (370 lb). Nation: USA.
Manufacturer: AeroAstro.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: Astro-200.
USAF Sat Cat: 30775 . COSPAR: 2007-006D. Apogee: 560 km (340 mi). Perigee: 558 km (346 mi). Inclination: 35.40 deg. Period: 95.80 min. STPSat carried experiments to study the Earth's atmosphere, ionosphere and radiation environment. It also released the two MEPSI picosatellites..
2010 November 20 - .
01:25 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kodiak.
LV Family:
Peacekeeper.
Launch Vehicle:
Minotaur IV.
- USA 217 - .
Payload: STPSat-2 SIV. Mass: 135 kg (297 lb). Nation: USA.
Manufacturer: AeroAstro.
Class: Technology.
Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Astro-200.
USAF Sat Cat: 37222 . COSPAR: 2010-062A. Technology experiments. Lead satellite of USAF Space Test Program mission S26..
2013 November 20 - .
01:15 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Complex:
Wallops Island LA0B.
LV Family:
Minuteman.
Launch Vehicle:
Minotaur 1.
- STPSAT-3 - .
Mass: 180 kg (390 lb). Nation: USA.
Class: Technology.
Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Astro-200.
USAF Sat Cat: 39380 . COSPAR: 2013-064A. Apogee: 498 km (309 mi). Perigee: 493 km (306 mi). Inclination: 40.52 deg. Period: 94.52 min.
Carried technology and space weather experiments, including a Total Solar Irradiance sensor, TCTE, to provide data lost when the Glory launch failed. Also on the launch vehicle were two CubeStack wafers which eject a record total of 28 cubesats. The upper wafer carried four 6U Cubesat dispensers for NRO missions, and the lower wafer carried eight 3U P-POD cubesat dispensers for various payloads including NASA's ELANA IV cubesat cluster.
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