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Satellite:
STPSat-1
Satellite details
Acronym
STPSat-1
Full name
Space Test Program Satellite - 1
Satellite Description
1st flight unit of the STPSat programme of DoD experimental satellites.Main mission: Space weather.
Mass at launch
164 kg
Dry mass
Power
171 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data acquisition, processing and distribution from the Blossom Point Satellite Tracking and Command Station (BPSTCS), located in Dahlgren, VA.
Orbit
Drifting orbit
Altitude
550 km
Inclination
37.4
°
Space agency
DoD
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
09 Mar 2007
EOL
07 Oct 2009
Last update:
2015-07-29
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
STPSat-1
Acronym
Full name
SHIMMER
Spatial Heterodyne Imager for Mesospheric Radicals
CITRIS
Computerized Ionospheric Tomography Receiver In Space
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
STPSat-1
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed