TSX-5

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TSX-5
Type: Technology testing satellite
Country: United StatesUnited States United States
Operator: Department of Defense
COSPAR-ID : 2000-030A
Mission dates
Dimensions: 250 kg
Begin: June 7, 2000, 14:20 UTC
Starting place: Vandenberg AFB
Launcher: Pegasus-XL
Status: out of order, in orbit
Orbit data
Rotation time : 102.5 min
Orbit inclination : 68.9 °
Apogee height :  1356 km
Perigee height :  412 km

TSX-5 (Tri-Service Experiment) was an American technology testing satellite.

Furnishing

Orbital ATK was responsible for the design, manufacture and integration of the satellite . TSX-5 was equipped with two experiments:

  • The Space Test Research Vehicle 2 (STRV-2) to experiment with laser communication between spacecraft sponsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO).
  • The “Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor” (CEASE), sponsored by the USAF Research Laboratory (AFRL).

TSX-5 was powered by solar cells and batteries. He was 250 kg.

Mission history

TSX-5 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on June 7, 2000 using a Pegasus XL missile mounted under an Orbital ATK Lockheed L-1011 aircraft. The drop point was about 80 km west of Vandenberg AFB. After the initial tests by Orbital ATK, the satellite was handed over to the operator earlier than expected.

At the end of July 2006 the satellite was taken out of service. The ground station was at Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ orbit data according to TSX-5. N2YO, April 28, 2017, accessed April 30, 2017 .
  2. ^ The TSX-5 satellite. Spaceflight Now, June 6, 2000, accessed April 30, 2017 .
  3. ^ Orbital: Pegasus Mission History. (PDF) January 24, 2017, accessed April 30, 2017 (English).
  4. ^ US Air Force: US Air Force declares the orbital-built TSX-5 satellite Functional Ahead of Schedule. July 11, 2000, accessed March 4, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b ESA: TSX-5. In: eoPortal. Retrieved April 30, 2017 (English).