Mission type | Technology |
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Operator | AFRL |
COSPAR ID | 2000-042A |
SATCAT no. | 26414 |
Mission duration | 2 years, 4 months |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Spectrum Astro |
Launch mass | 130 kilograms (290 lb) |
Power | 330 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | July 19, 2000 |
Rocket | Minotaur I |
Launch site | Vandenberg SLC-8 |
Contractor | Orbital Sciences |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 12 November 2002 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Eccentricity | 0.00266 |
Perigee altitude | 548.0 kilometers (340.5 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 585.0 kilometers (363.5 mi) |
Inclination | 97.8 degrees |
Period | 96.0 minutes |
Epoch | 19 September 2000, 16:09:00 UTC[1] |
Instruments | |
Fourier Transform Hyperspectral Imager | |
MightySat-2.1,[2] also known as P99-1 or Sindri was a small spacecraft developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory[3] to test advanced technologies in imaging, communications, and spacecraft bus components in space.