Spartan 206 (OAST Flyer)

Spartan 206 F1 [NASA]

OAST Flyer (NASA's Office of Aeronautical and Space Technology Flyer) is an american spacecraft based on the Spartan (Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy) platform,that was released from the Shuttle STS 72. It carried 4 experimental packages:

to measure spacecraft contamination levels at low-earth orbits,
to test GPS equipment,
to test amateur radio gear, and
to determine the effects of solar radiation on the explosives aboard satellite systems.

At the end of the mission OAST Flyer was retrieved by STS-72.

Nation:	USA
Type / Application:	Technology (Shuttle retrievable)
Operator:	NASA Goddard
Contractors:
Equipment:	?
Configuration:	Spartan-200
Propulsion:	?
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit:	302 km x 310 km, 28.4°

Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
Spartan 206 F1 (OAST-Flyer)	13.01.1996	CC LC-39B		Shuttle	with Endeavour F10 (STS 72)

Further Spartan Missions: