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MidSTAR 1

MidSTAR 1 [NASA]

MidSTAR-1 is the first implementation of the MidSTAR-1 mod 1 bus design. It has been commissioned by STP to carry the Internet Communications Satellite (ICSat) Experiment for SSP and the Configurable Fault Tolerant Processor (CFTP) Experiment for Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).

MidSTAR-1 was launched on a Lockheed-Martin Atlas-5(401) from Cape Canaveral on the STP-1 mission in March 2007.

Nation: USA
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: U.S. Naval Academy
Contractors: ?
Equipment: ICSat, CFTP
Configuration: Midstar-1 mod.1 bus
Propulsion: ?
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit: 494 km × 498 km, 46.03°
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
MidSTAR 1 2007-006B 09.03.2007 CC SLC-41 Atlas-5(401) with ASTRO, NEXTSat-CSC, STPSat 1, CFESat, FalconSat 3, MEPSI 4A, MEPSI 4B
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