Demonstration and Science Experiments

DSX
Artist rendering of the Air Force Research Laboratory Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft on-orbit with its 80-meter and 16-meter antenna booms extended.
NamesDemonstration and Science Experiments
Deployable Structures Experiment
Mission typeTechnology demonstration
OperatorAir Force Research Laboratory
COSPAR ID2019-036F Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.44344
Websitehttps://www.afrl.af.mil/
Mission duration1 year (planned)
1 year, 11 months and 6 days (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
BusESPA ring + 2 SN-200
ManufacturerSierra Nevada Corporation
(formerly MicroSat Systems)
Start of mission
Launch date25 June 2019, 06:30:00 UTC
RocketFalcon Heavy (No. 003)
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
DisposalPassivated
Deactivated31 May 2021
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[1]
RegimeMedium Earth orbit
Perigee altitude5,988 km (3,721 mi)
Apogee altitude12,051 km (7,488 mi)
Inclination42.3°
Period316.9 minutes
Instruments
Wave Particle Interaction Experiment (WPIx)
Space Weather Experiment (SPx)
Space Environmental Effects Experiment (SFx)
Adaptive Controls Experiment (ACE)

Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) was a small spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to perform experiments to study the radiation environment in medium Earth orbit.[2][3]

  1. ^ Peat, Chris (14 July 2021). "DSX". Heavens Above. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference sn-20210719 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sierra Nevada Science Missions". Sierra Nevada Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.