TacSat-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

The TacSat-2 objective is to demonstrate techniques and methodologies to dramatically shorten the development time required for small satellites. TacSat-2 represents in fact a new way of doing business in spacecraft implementation.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Tactical Satellite-2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
DoD (USA)
Launch Date
16 Dec 2006
Mission Links
EOL Date
05 Feb 2011
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Orbit Period
92.9 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
40 deg
Orbit Altitude
419 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
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