DARPASAT

Class: Technology. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force(TAOS, USA 102).

GPS receiver and data processor technology tests.

Typical orbit: 532 km x 556 km at 105 degrees inclination. Mass: 203 kg (447 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Taurus.

DARPASAT Chronology

1994 March 13 - USA 102 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Taurus. Mass: 203 kg (447 lb). Perigee: 532 km (330 mi). Apogee: 556 km (345 mi). Inclination: 105.00 deg. Period: 95.50 min.
GPS receiver and data processor technology tests. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

Bibliography and Further Reading

JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Accessed at: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.

McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited since Sputnik. Accessed at: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

USAF Satellite Database, USAF Institute of Technology, 1995. Accessed at: ftp://archive.afit.af.mil/pub/space/.

Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments.

Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site..
To contact astronauts or cosmonauts.

© Mark Wade, 1997 - 2007 except where otherwise noted.

Encyclopedia Astronautica
topic index
0 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - Ra - Re - Sa - Sf - Sp - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z