Objectives and Applications
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.
Full Name
Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Attitude and Crosslink
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
University of Texas 
, USAF
Launch Date
20 Nov 2010
Mission Links
EOL Date
20 Nov 2015
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
97.7 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
72 deg
Orbit Altitude
650 km
Orbit Longitude
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International Designator
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