Objectives and Applications
The Genesis program utilises space vehicles in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) with the objective of testing and validating the technologies necessary for the deployment of expandable space habitats. The primary objective is to demonstrate inflation and deployment in LEO. Genesis-1 was a pathfinder mission for the programme, which initially represented the first module of a planned inflatable Nautilus space station of Bigelow Aerospace.
Full Name
Genesis Inflatable Space Complex Program -1
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Bigelow Aerospace
, NASA
Launch Date
12 Jul 2006
Mission Links
EOL Date
31 Dec 2008
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
96 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
64.5 deg
Orbit Altitude
560 km
Orbit Longitude
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International Designator
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