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| Organization | AFRL |
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| Major contractors | Orbital Sciences |
| Mission type | Technology demonstrator |
| Satellite of | Earth |
| Launch date | December 12, 1996 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center |
| Decay | November 21, 1999 |
| NSSDC ID | 1998-069C |
| Mass | 63.5 kg |
| Orbital elements | |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Eccentricity | 0.00095976377 |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Orbital period | 92.4 min |
| Apoapsis | 401.0 km |
| Periapsis | 388.0 km |
MightSat-1 was a small spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force's Phillips Laboratory (now part of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate) to test technology for small satellites.1
References
- ^ "MightySat-1". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/mightysat.htm. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.
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