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American manufacturer of spacecraft. United States Naval Academy, USA.

Country
USA
Spacecraft
Midstar.

  • Midstar 1 - .
Mass
120 kg (260 lb)
Nation
USA
Agency
USN PGS
Manufacturer
USNA
Type
Navigation technology satellite
Spacecraft
Midstar
USAF Sat Cat
30773
COSPAR
2007-006B
Apogee
498 km (309 mi)
Perigee
495 km (307 mi)
Inclination
46.00 deg
Period
94.50 min. MidSTAR-1 was flown under the DoD Space Test Program and carried the Internet Communications Satellite (ICSat) Experiment (SERB 2002-39) and the Configurable Fault Tolerant Processor (CFTP) Experiment for the Naval Postgraduate School (SERB 2002-34). Planned mission duration was two years