OrbWeaver 1 & 2

USA

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US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	OrbWeaver 1	OrbWeaver 2
NORAD-ID	43795	43785
Int. code	18099AP	18099AD
Launch date	03 Dec 2018
Launch site	Va, SLC-4E
Launch vehicle	Falcon-9 v1.2
Mission	Technology
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	572 x 587 km	572 x 587 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	97.77 °	97.76 °
Period	96.3 min	min
Decay

65 satellites launched together: SkySat 14/15 - Eu:CROPIS - STPSat 5 - FalconSat 6 - NEXTSat 1 - KazSTSAT - eXCITe - SeeMe - ICEYE X2 - BlackSky Global 2 - ESEO - Hawk A/C - Capella 1 - AISTECHSAT 2 - BlackHawk - CSIM-FD - Hiber 2 - ITASAT 1 - Landmapper-BC4 - ORS 7A/7B - Al-Farabi 2 - Astrocast 0.1 - Audacy 0 - BRIO - Centauri 1 - Eaglet - Enoch - Flock-3s 1/3 - ICE-Cap - K2SAT - KazSciSat 1 - MinXSS 2 - Orbiter Reflector - RAAF M1 - SeaHawk 1 - SNUSAT 2 - THEA - VESTA - PW-Sat 2 - SNUGLITE - VisionCube - RANGE A/B - Elysium-Star 2 - ExseedSat 1 - Fox 1C - JY1-Sat - KNACKSAT - MOVE 2 - SpaceBEE 5/7 - Suomi-100 - WeissSat 1 - Sirion Pathfinder 2 - US Gov - US Gov

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer
Platform
Operator	DARPA
Mass at launch	kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime

Description:

The Orbweaver 1 and 2 project, developed for DARPA by Tethers Unlimited subsidiary Firmamentum according to an article in Space News, will use a robotic processor to chew up an ESPA adapter ring and turn it into an antenna.

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Ref.: #7(JR760) - update: 22.03.19