CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- FASTRAC
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Full Name
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Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Attitude and Crosslink
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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University of Texas  , USAF
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Launch Date
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20 Nov 2010
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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20 Nov 2015
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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97.7 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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72 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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650 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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The overall objective of the FASTRAC technology demonstration mission is to investigate enabling technologies crucial for satellite formations, including on-orbit micro-thrust capability, relative navigation, attitude determination, and satellite crosslink communications. This will be achieved by taking on-orbit data from a pair of twin satellites that will separate once in orbit.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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