XSS-10 explained
| XSS-10 |
| Mission Type: | Technology |
| Operator: | AFRL |
| Cospar Id: | 2003-005B |
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Launch Mass: | 28kg (62lb) |
| Launch Date: | UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta 295) |
| Launch Site: | Cape Canaveral SLC-17B |
| Orbit Epoch: | 29 January 2003, 13:06:00 UTC[1] |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 518km (322miles) |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 805km (500miles) |
| Orbit Inclination: | 39.75 degrees |
| Orbit Eccentricity: | 0.020384971 |
| Orbit Period: | 98.0 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
XSS-10 (eXperimental Small Satellite 10) was a small, low-cost micro-spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for line-of-sight guidance of spacecraft.[2] The project was initiated at AFRL by Program Manager David Barnhart[3] and completed by Georgia Tech Research Institute engineer Thom Davis and team.[4] The project was declared a success shortly after launch.[5]
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Notes and References
- Web site: NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 2018-05-02.
- Web site: Air Force XSS-10 Micro-Satellite Mission a Success . 2003-01-30 . 2008-07-28 . . Banke . Jim . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513053117/http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xss10_update_030130.html . May 13, 2008 .
- Barnhart . David A. . Hunter . Roger C. . Weston . Alan R. . Chioma . Vincent J. . Steiner . Mark . Larsen . William . October 1998 . XSS-10 micro-satellite demonstration . AIAA Defense and Civil Space Programs Conference and Exhibit . Huntsville, AL . American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics . 10.2514/6.1998-5298 . AIAA 1998-5298.
- Web site: Big plans for small satellites. Historical archive. Georgia Tech Research Institute. 2012-10-26.
- News: The Little Engine That Could. Jane M. Sanders. Research Horizons. Georgia Institute of Technology. 2003-08-11. 2012-10-26.
