THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION SUMMARY

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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - TacSat-3 -

Full Name

Tactical Satellite-3

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

DoD (USA)

Launch Date

19 May 2009

Mission Links

EOL Date

30 Apr 2012

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Orbit Period

93.6 minutes

Orbit Sense

Orbit Inclination

40 deg

Orbit Altitude

425 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

The overall objectives are to demonstrate a responsive system, namely the operation of three payloads in space: the ARTEMIS hyperspectral imager (HSI), the Ocean Data Telemetry Microsatellite Link (ODTML), the SPA (Spacecraft Plug-n-play Avionics) package - and to provide the observation data in a timely manner.

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