MightySat-1

MightSat-1

MightySat-1 photograph
Operator AFRL
Major contractors Orbital Sciences
Mission type Technology demonstrator
Satellite of Earth
Launch date December 4, 1998
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch site Kennedy Space Center
Orbital decay November 21, 1999
COSPAR ID 1998-069C
Mass 63.5 kg
Orbital elements
Regime Low Earth orbit
Eccentricity 0.00095976377
Inclination 51.6°
Apoapsis 401.0 km
Periapsis 388.0 km
Orbital period 92.4 min

MightSat-1 was a small spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force's Phillips Laboratory (now part of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate) to test technology for small satellites.The 140-pound satellite was launched from the Space Shuttle Endeavor in December 1998 and performed robustly in orbit, with no spacecraft anomalies during its mission. MightySat I's mission ended when it re-entered the atmosphere at 1711 Zulu on 21 November 99. [1]

References

  1. ^ "MightySat-1". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/mightysat.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-29.