FASTRAC 1
FASTRAC 1 | |
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Type: | Technology testing |
Country: | United States |
COSPAR-ID : | 2010-062F |
Mission dates | |
Begin: | November 20, 2010, 01:25 UTC |
Starting place: | Kodiak Launch Complex |
Launcher: | Minotaur |
Status: | active |
Orbit data | |
Rotation time : | 97.5 min |
Orbit inclination : | 72.0 ° |
Apogee height : | 659 km |
Perigee height : | 634 km |
FASTRAC 1 ( English Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Attitude and Crosslink , also OSCAR 69 , FAST 1 or USA 222 ) is an American technology testing satellite.
It was built at the University of Texas at Austin . The satellite was launched on November 20, 2010 at 1:25 UTC as a secondary payload with a Minotaur rocket from the Kodiak Launch Complex . After the successful launch, the satellite was assigned the OSCAR number 69. Mission Control Center is a university amateur radio station with the callsign KE5DTW.
Mission and Payload
FASTRAC 1 started together with FASTRAC 2 and was only separated from him on March 22nd.
The main mission is to test satellite control technologies. The satellite is equipped with a magnetoplasm-dynamic drive for position control. There is also a digipeater on board with two uplinks in the 2-meter band and one downlink in the 70-centimeter band .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ National Space Science Data Center
- ^ Orbit data according to FAST 1 (USA 222). N2YO, accessed May 12, 2012 .
- ^ Federal Communications Commission