Also called: Mightysat 2.1; Sindri or P99-1
Launch data:
| Designation
|
26414
/ 00042A
|
|
Launch
date
|
19
Jul 2000 - 20:09 UT |
| Launch site | Va, SLC-8 |
| Launch vehicle | Minotaur (#2) |
| Mission
|
Technology
|
| Earth orbit on: |
|
Perigee/Apogee
|
550
km sunsynchronous
|
|
Inclination
|
97.8°
|
|
Period
|
|
|
|
Ordered by the Department of Defense Space Test programme and the Air Force
Research Laboratory (AFRL).
Specifications
|
Prime
contractor
|
Spectrum
Astro
|
|
Platform
|
SA-200B
|
|
Mass
at launch
|
120
kg
|
|
Mass
in orbit
|
|
|
Payload
mass
|
~62
kg
|
|
Dimension
|
|
|
Solar
array
|
|
|
Stabilization
|
3-axis
|
|
DC
power
|
EOL:
380 W
|
|
Decay:
| Descent date: | 12 Nov 2002 |
| Lifetime: | |
|
Also known as P99-1 and Sindri, MightySat 2-1 was a 120 kg technology
satellite to test advanced space systems technologies. The instruments included:
- the Solar Array Concentrator (SAC) which focuses more light on each solar
cell, thereby increasing the solar energy available
- the Naval Research Laboratory Space Ground Link System Transponder (NSX),
an experimental ultra-light weight communications system
- the Shape Memory Thermal Tailoring Experiment (SMATTE), an experimental
thermal control system
- the Quad C40 Processor, to test the impact of space radiation on new forms
of microelectronics
- the Fourier Transform Hyperspectral Imager (FTHSI) to record the full
spectra without time delays
In addition the spacebus itself demonstrated new technology in flexibility,
modularity and thermal control whilst on 7 September 2001 it released the
Picasat-7 and -8 nanosatellites.
Has a 380 MB solid state storage. Downlinks at 1 Mbps, Uplink: 2 kbps
Ref: #7, #15, #99 - update: 30.06.05