FalconSat 8 (FS 8 - USA 300)

Launched together with: X-37B OTV-6

Prime manufacturer	U.S. Air Force Academy
Platform
Operator	U.S. Air Force Academy
Mass at launch	136 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	MEP, MMA, CANOE, ACES, SkyPad
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	Magnetogradient Electrostatic Plasma Truster
DC power
Design lifetime

FalconSAT-8 is an educational platform for cadets, which performs technology demonstrations for the Air Force. FalconSAT-8 carries five experimental payloads, and members of the Cadet Space Operations Squadron will operate FalconSAT-8.
The satellite will test a novel electromagnetic propulsion system, low-weight antenna technology and a commercial reaction wheel to provide attitude control in orbit.

United Launch Alliance launched Atlas AV-081 on US Space Force mission USSF-7 on May 17, 2020. The Atlas placed an X-37B spaceplane in orbit, OTV flight 6. The Centaur AV-081 upper stage reached orbit around 1330 UTC.
A small satellite, the USAF Academy′s FalconSat-8, will be deployed from the SM. FalconSat-8 is an ESPASat-class satellite with a mass of about 140 kg and is 0.61 x 0.71 x 0.97 m in size.
The satellite was deployed around 28 May 2020 from the service module of X-37B OTV-6, which was launched on 17 May 2020.

Ref.: #7(JR778-779) - update: 16.06.20