Trailblazer [SpaceDev]
Trailblazer [SpaceDev] |
The Trailblazer spacecraft will use a satellite bus, originally developed under a Missile Defense Agency contract. Trailblazer will demonstrate a flexible, modular commercial bus design using off the shelf components.
Trailblazer wass one of the three candidate payloads for the quick reaction "Jumpstart" launch in 2008 on a Falcon-1 launch vehicle. Trailbazer was selected only a few weeks before launch.
The satellite failed to reach orbit due to a launch vehicle first stage malfunction.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | |
| Contractors: | SpaceDev |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | MMB-100 Bus |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 83.5 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launcher | Remarks: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailblazer | 03.08.2008 | Om | F | Falcon-1 | with PreSat, Nanosail D, Celestis 07 |
Source: SpaceDev website
Last update: 27.09.2009
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