XSS 10

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XSS 10
XSS 10
Type: Experimental satellite
Country: United StatesUnited States United States
Operator: US Air Force
COSPAR-ID : 2003-005B
Mission dates
Dimensions: 28 kg
Begin: January 29, 2003, 18:06 UTC
Starting place: Cape Canaveral , LC-17B
Launcher: Delta-7925
Flight duration: 1 day
Status: in orbit, inactive
Orbit data
Rotation time : 98.0 min
Orbit inclination : 39.8 °
Apogee height :  805 km
Perigee height :  518 km

XSS 10 ( E x perimental S atellite S ystem 10 ) was a small, experimental military satellite to the Air Force Research Laboratory of the United States Air Force to test is designed to proximity operations to other spacecraft.

construction

XSS 10 was built by Boeing and weighed 28 kg at launch. Since the mission lasted only one day, the power supply was ensured by a lithium polymer battery . It was powered by a hypergolic two-component propulsion system derived from the LEAP warhead of the SM-3 anti-missile weapon. There was also a navigation system, a lightweight communication system and an integrated camera and star sensor system on board.

Structure of the XSS-10 satellite

mission

Second stage of the Delta II launcher captured by XSS 10

XSS 10 was launched on January 29, 2003 as a secondary payload with a Delta II 7925 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFS into a low orbit of 518 × 805 km and an orbit inclination of 39.8 ° and carried out its experiments over 24 hours .

After disconnecting the third stage with the main payload, the GPS-2R 8 navigation satellite , XSS 10 performed maneuvers around the second stage of the Delta II launcher that went into orbit with the satellite. The satellite moved about 100 meters away from the rocket stage. The images of the second stage taken in the process were published. The mission was labeled a success.

The experiments were later continued over a longer period of time with the follow-up mission XSS 11 .

Web links

Commons : XSS-10  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Air Force XSS-10 Micro-Satellite Mission a Success ( Memento from February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )