TAOS

TAOS
Operator AFRL
Major contractors Orbital Sciences
Bus LEOStar
Mission type Technology demonstrator
Satellite of Earth
Launch date March 13, 1994
Launch vehicle Taurus
Launch site Vandenberg AFB
COSPAR ID 1994-017A
Mass 502 kg

Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability (also known as TAOS and STEP 0) was a satellite developed by the US Air Force's Phillips Laboratory (now part of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate) to test technology for autonomous operation of spacecraft. [1] [2]

The TAOS mission was operated by heritage Space Test and Development Wing and the 1st Space Operations Squadron.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/taos.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-03. 
  2. ^ "Encyclopedia Astronautica: TAOS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/taos.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-27. 
  3. ^ "Schriever AFB Public Affairs: 1st Space Operations Squadron Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.schriever.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3912. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 
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