OCSE Canister [L'Garde]
OCSE [L'Garde]
OCSE Canister [L'Garde]
OCSE [L'Garde] |
OCSE (Optical Calibration Sphere Experiment) or IOSS (Inflatable Optical Sphere System), a 3.5m diameter inflatable sphere built by L'Garde Inc. for calibrating the lasers at the AFRL Starfire Optical Range.
The 0.48m long 0.41m diameter OCSE canister was ejected from the JAWSAT
stack; 42 seconds later, with the canister clear of the other payloads, the canister door
opened and 10 seconds after that inflation of the sphere began. The canister remains
attached to the inflated sphere. Once inflated, the sphere's material becomes
rigidized
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Experimental |
| Operator: | U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory |
| Contractors: | L'Garde Inc. |
| Equipment: | ? |
| Configuration: | 3.5 meter diameter kapton / aluminum balloon |
| Propulsion: | none |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 22 kg |
| Orbit: | 807 km x 750 km, 100.2° |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launcher | Remarks: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCSE (IOSS) | 26.01.2000 | Va CLF | Minotaur-1 | with JAWSAT, FalconSat 1,
ASUSat 1, OPAL, MEMS
1A, MEMS 1B, STENSAT, MASAT, Artemis-Thelma, Artemis-Louise |
Last update: 27.09.2009
Contact: gunter.krebs@skyrocket.de
© Gunter Dirk Krebs