Names | Demonstration and Science Experiments Deployable Structures Experiment |
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Mission type | Technology demonstration |
Operator | Air Force Research Laboratory |
COSPAR ID | 2019-036F |
SATCAT no. | 44344 |
Website | https://www.afrl.af.mil/ |
Mission duration | 1 year (planned) 1 year, 11 months and 6 days (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | ESPA ring + 2 SN-200 |
Manufacturer | Sierra Nevada Corporation (formerly MicroSat Systems) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 June 2019, 06:30:00 UTC |
Rocket | Falcon Heavy (No. 003) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Passivated |
Deactivated | 31 May 2021 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
Regime | Medium Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 5,988 km (3,721 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 12,051 km (7,488 mi) |
Inclination | 42.3° |
Period | 316.9 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]
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