MidSTAR 1

MidSTAR 1 [NASA]

MidSTAR-1 is the first implementation of the MidSTAR-1 mod 1 bus design. It has been commissioned by STP to carry the Internet Communications Satellite (ICSat) Experiment for SSP and the Configurable Fault Tolerant Processor (CFTP) Experiment for Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).

MidSTAR-1 is scheduled for launch on a Lockheed-Martin Atlas-5(401) from Cape Canaveral on the STP-1 mission in September 2006.

Nation: USA
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: U.S. Naval Academy
Contractors: ?
Equipment: ICSat, CFTP
Configuration: Midstar-1 mod.1 bus
Propulsion: ?
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass: ?
Orbit:
Satellite Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
MidSTAR 1 09.03.2007 CC SLC-41 Atlas-5(401) with ASTRO, NEXTSat-CSC, STPSat 1, CFESat, FalconSat 3, MEPSI 4A, MEPSI 4B
Further STP missions: