LIPS
LIPS 3 [NRL]
LIPS (Living Plume Shield) were jettisonable plume shields used on NOSS (Parcae) missions to protect the NOSS space craft from the exhaust of the solid fuel motor. On three missions, experiments were mounted on the plume shields, creating useful low-cost satellites on the base of a part, which would be otherwise only space debris.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Research |
| Operator: | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) |
| Contractors: | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) |
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| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Mass: | ? |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIPS 1 | 09.12.1980 | Va SLC-3W | F | Atlas-E MSD | with NOSS 4-MSD, NOSS 4A, NOSS 4B, NOSS 4C |
| LIPS 2 | 09.02.1983 | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-H MSD | with NOSS 5-MSD, NOSS 5A, NOSS 5B, NOSS 5C | |
| LIPS 3 | 15.05.1987 | Va SLC-3E | Atlas-H MSD | with NOSS 9-MSD, NOSS 9A, NOSS 9B, NOSS 9C |
