Overview of JAWSAT payload
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: Jan. 14, 2000
JAWSAT platform
The Joint Air Force Academy-Weber State University Satellite, or JAWSAT, spacecraft will deploy four separate satellites once it reaches orbit: ASUSAT, OPAL, OCSE and FalconSat. JAWSAT's imaging system will capture the deployment of each payload with its six digital cameras. Two other experiments will remain attached to the JAWSAT frame: NASA's Plasma Experiment Satellite and Weber's Attitude Controlled Platform.
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ASUSAT
Arizona State University's ASUSAT is a student designed, built, tested and operated spacecraft. It is the first of its size, called a nanosatellite, to be launched as a technology demonstrator for low cost spacecraft. The craft will take pictures of Earth and serve as a relay station for amateur radio operators.
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OPAL
The Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher from Stanford University will carry six picosatellites to be deployed into space. Three represent the Santa Clara University's Artemis team; two are tether research craft for the U.S. miltiary; and STENSAT is an amateur radio satellite. OPAL's mission is to demonstrate the capability to launch multiple picosatellites from a mothership.
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OCSE
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Optical Calibration Sphere Experiment is a 3.5 meter diameter kapton/aluminum balloon that is designed to orbit the Earth for two years. The craft will be used to test ground tracking systems.
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FalconSat
FalconSat was developed by U.S. Air Force Academy cadets to study how charged particles can build up and then wreck satellites' onboard computer systems. Charging Hazards and Wake Studies experiment on FalconSat is a longer duration to ones performed earlier.
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Flight data file
Vehicle: OSPSLV-1
Payload: JAWSAT
Launch date: Jan. 15, 2000
Launch time: 0254 GMT (9:54 p.m. EST Jan. 14)
Launch site: CLF, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Pre-launch briefing
Learn more about the mission.
OSP Minotaur - description of U.S. Air Force OSPSLV rocket.
Launch timeline - chart with description of events to occur during launch.
Launch preview - overview of the mission.
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