TechSat-21
Artist's rendition | |
Mission type | Technology |
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Operator | AFRL, STP, NASA |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | MicroSat Systems |
Launch mass | 181 kilograms (399 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | Not launched |
Rocket | Atlas V 401 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 560 kilometers (350 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 560 kilometers (350 mi) |
Inclination | 35.4& degrees |
Epoch | Planned |
TechSat-21 (Technology Satellite of the 21st Century) was a small spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for formation flight of spacecraft which can rapidly change formation based on mission requirements.[1] The project was canceled in 2003 due to numerous cost overruns.[2]
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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) spacecraft and air vehicles
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- HTV-3X Blackswift (canceled)
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- FASTRAC
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- DANDE
- ELFIN
- TAOS
- MightySat-1
- MightySat-2
- XSS-10
- TechSat-21 (canceled)
- XSS-11
- ISAT
- PnPSat-1 (canceled)
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