OAST-Flyer

Class: Technology. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA-GSFC.

GPS receiver, amateur radio tests; examined effect of solar radiation on satellite explosive devices; deployed from STS 72 1/14/96; retrieved 1/16/96.

Typical orbit: 306 km circular orbit, 28.5 deg inclination. Associated Launch Vehicle: Shuttle.

OAST-Flyer Chronology

1996 January 11 - OAST-Flyer - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Perigee: 301 km (187 mi). Apogee: 311 km (193 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 90.60 min.
GPS receiver, amateur radio tests; examined effect of solar radiation on satellite explosive devices; deployed from STS 72 1/14/96; retrieved 1/16/96.

Bibliography and Further Reading

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

NASA GSFC Orbital Parameters, .

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Essential internet newsletter recording worldwide weekly space events. Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

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