MightySat-1

MightySat-1
Spacecraft properties
MightySat-1 photograph

Mission type	Technology
Operator	AFRL
COSPAR ID	1998-069C
SATCAT №	25551^[1]

Manufacturer	Orbital Sciences
Launch mass	320 kilograms (710 lb)^[2]
Dry mass	63.5 kilograms (140 lb)

Start of mission
Launch date	December 4, 1998 (1998-12-04)
Rocket	Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-88)
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A

End of mission
Decay date	November 21, 1999, 17:11 (1999-11-21UTC17:12Z) UTC

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Eccentricity	0.00095976377
Perigee	388.0 kilometers (241.1 mi)
Apogee	401.0 kilometers (249.2 mi)
Inclination	51.6& degrees
Period	92.4 minutes
Epoch	January 4, 1999^[1]

MightSat-1 was a small spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force's Phillips Laboratory (now part of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate) to test technology for small satellites, including advanced dual-junction solar cells, a composite structure, a micrometeorite and debris detector, low-power electronics and a low-shock release device.^[2] The 140-pound satellite was launched from the Space Shuttle Endeavour in December 1998, during the 12th day of the STS-88 mission^[2] and performed robustly in orbit, with no spacecraft anomalies during its mission. Lt. Barbara Braun of the AFRL was the program manager for the satellite.^[2]

MightySat-1's mission ended when it re-entered the atmosphere at 17:11 UTC on November 21, 1999.^[3]

References

1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Master Satellite List". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
1 2 3 4 "MightySat 1". Astronautix. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
↑ "MightySat-1". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) spacecraft and air vehicles

Launch/orbital vehicles	X-33 Venture Star (canceled) HTV-3X Blackswift (canceled) X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle X-51A WaveRider

University Nanosat Program	Program 3CS FASTRAC CUSat DANDE

Space weather satellites	ARGOS TSX-5 Coriolis C/NOFS DSX

Technology demonstrators	TAOS MightySat-1 MightySat-2 XSS-10 TechSat-21 (canceled) XSS-11 ISAT PnPSat-1 (canceled) ANGELS

Tactical Satellite Program satellites	TacSat-1 TacSat-2 TacSat-3 TacSat-4 TacSat-5

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