.jpg) Computer-generated image of the O/OREOS nanosatellite | |
| Names | Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses USA-119 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Technology demonstration, Astrobiology |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2010-062C |
| SATCAT no. | 37224 |
| Website | NASA |
| Mission duration | 6 months (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | CubeSat |
| Bus | 3U CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University |
| Launch mass | 5.5 kg (12 lb) |
| Dimensions | 34 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm (13.4 in × 3.9 in × 3.9 in) |
| Power | Solar cells and batteries |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 November 2010, 01:25:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Minotaur IV |
| Launch site | Kodiak, LP-1 |
| Contractor | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 621 km (386 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 646 km (401 mi) |
| Inclination | 72.0° |
| Period | 97.7 minutes |
The O/OREOS (Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses) is a NASA automated CubeSat nanosatellite laboratory approximately the size of a loaf of bread that contains two separate astrobiology experiments on board.[1] Developed by the Small Spacecraft Division at NASA Ames Research Center, the spacecraft was successfully launched as a secondary payload on STP-S26 led by the Space Test Program of the United States Air Force on a Minotaur IV launch vehicle from Kodiak Island, Alaska on 20 November 2010, at 01:25:00 UTC.
- ^ Bramall, N. E. (2 July 2011). "The development of the Space Environment Viability of Organics (SEVO) experiment aboard the Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses" (PDF). Planetary and Space Science. 60 (1): 121–130. Bibcode:2012P&SS...60..121B. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.06.014. Retrieved 18 July 2013.