Minotaur 4 rocket launches FastSat, NanoSail-D (7 satellites total) from Kodiak, Alaska
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Uploaded by spacearium on Nov 19, 2010
NASA's Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite, or FASTSAT, has launched from the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska, and is awaiting separation from the main launch vehicle. Approximately 20 minutes after launch, FASTSAT will separate from the launch vehicle for orbital insertion. Thirty minutes later, FASTSAT will automatically power up to begin initial checkout operations. FASTSAT is carrying six small payloads to low Earth orbit, demonstrating a critical ability to provide low-cost and rapid response opportunities for scientific and technical payloads to get to space.
FASTSAT is NASA's first microsatellite designed to create a capability that increases opportunities for secondary, scientific and technology payloads, or rideshares, to be flown at lower cost than previously possible. The overall objective of the FASTSAT mission is to demonstrate the capability to build, design and test a microsatellite platform to enable governmental, academic and industry researchers to conduct low-cost scientific and technology experiments on an autonomous satellite in space.
FASTSAT establishes a platform and environment where science and technology research experiment payloads of low- and mid-level complexity can be flown responsively and affordably in low-Earth orbit.
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sking0369 5 months ago
Many contributing agencies made this mission a success. Teams of engineers, technicians and operators. But it’s the solid fuel rocket motors that are the stars of this program. And it was the Ogden RSLP OL and team that provided the downstage muscle to place this precious cargo into orbit. This ones for you Dru.
By the way. "what’s PK?"
AzaelVI 9 months ago