O/OREOS

USA

Spacecraft n°:

US spacecraft n°:

Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses - Also called: USA 219

Launch data:

Designation 37224 / 10062C
Launch date 20 Nov 2010 - 01:25 UT
Launch site Kodiak, LP-1
Launch vehicle  Minotaur-4 HAPS
Mission Civil/Government: Scientific Research
Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit on Dec 7.65:
Perigee / Apogee 624 x 654 km
Eccentricity 2,14E-03
Inclination 71.97 deg
Period 97.50 min

First flight version rocket

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor  NASA's Ames Research Center
Platform  
Operator NASA's Ames Research Center
Mass at launch  5 kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  3U cube
Dimension (m) 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.3
Equipment 
Solar array 
Stabilization  
Propulsion 
DC power  
Design lifetime  0.5 yrs - still active

Description:

NASA's O/OREOS (Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses) is another demonstration satellite that was developed on the cheap. O/OREOS is about the size of a loaf of bread and weighs 12 pounds (5.5 kg). It contains two experiments that will activate once the nanosatellite reaches low-Earth orbit. One of these will characterize how microbes grow and reproduce in space, as well as how they adapt to the stresses of the space environment. The other will look at how space conditions affect four different classes of organic molecules, which are the building blocks of life.

Mission details:

Ref.: #7(JR635), #206, #226, #228, #245 - update: 15.03.11