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| Organization | CU-Boulder, ASU, NMSU, AFRL, STP |
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| Mission type | Technology demonstrator |
| Satellite of | Earth |
| Launch date | December 21, 2004 |
| Launch vehicle | Delta IV Heavy |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral |
| Mission duration | 2-4 months |
| Home page | NASA's Three Corner Satellite Project Homepage |
| Orbital elements | |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 40 degree angle |
| Instruments | |
| Main instruments | Robust execution management software (Spacecraft Command Language (SCL), Continuous Activity Scheduling Planning Execution and Replanning (CASPER) software, Context-sensitive anomaly detection software (SELMON monitoring system) |
| Spatial resolution | 640 x 480 |
Three Corner Satellite (or 3CS) is a pair of small spacecraft developed by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Arizona State University as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosat Program.1 A third satellite, developed by New Mexico State University was originally also part of the 3CS but was not completed in time for launch. The 3CS stack launched on the first Delta IV Heavy configuration, but failed to achieve orbit due to a problem with the rocket during launch.2
Project Team Members:
- Steve Chien e-mail
- Rob Sherwood
- Gregg Rabideau
- Daniel Tran
- Barbara Engelhardt
References
- ^ Boeing (2004-12-01). "The DemoSat payload". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved on 2008-08-02.
- ^ Ray, Justin (2005-03-15). "Delta 4-Heavy investigation identifies rocket's problem". Retrieved on 2008-08-02.
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