CFESat

USA

Spacecraft n°:

USA satellite n°:

Cibola Flight Experiment Satellite

Launch data:

Designation	30777 / 07006F
Launch date	09 Mar 2007 - 03:10 UT
Launch site	CC, SLC-41
Launch vehicle	Atlas-5(401) (AV-013)
Mission	Government: Technology Development Science
LEO Earth orbit on Mar 09.39:
Perigee / Apogee	555 x 561 km
Eccentricity	4.33E-04
Inclination	35.77°
Period	95.82 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd (UK)
Operator	Los Alamos National Labs 5LANL)
Platform
Mass at launch	159 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape	Box + 4 panels
Dimension (m)	0.61x0.61x0.965
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power	110 W
Design lifetime

Mission details:

The Los Alamos Lab CFESat, built by Surrey Satellite carries the Cibola Flight Experiment to survey the radio spectrum and study the ionosphere and lightning. (LI>A number of experiments, including a prototype supercomputer designed to process data onboard rather than sending raw information directly to Earth.

Ref.: #7(JR578), #78a, #206, #207, #226 - update: 29.09.07