STEP 3 (P92-2)
STEP 3 [TRW]
STEP 3 (Space Test Experiment Platform 3) featured following experiments for DoD:
- ACTEX (Advanced Controls technology experiments),
- EDMM (erasable disk mass memory),
- SAMMES (space active modular experiment),
- SAWAFE (strategic attack warning & assessment flight experiment),
- SQUOD (space qualified optical disk)
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Experimental |
| Operator: | USAF STP (Space Test Program) |
| Contractors: | TRW, CTA → Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) (Bus) |
| Equipment: | ACTEX, EDMM, SAMMES, SAWAFE, SQUOD |
| Configuration: | LEOStar |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 268 kg |
| Orbit: | 450 km polar orbit |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| STEP 3 (P92-2) | 22.06.1995 | Va, L-1011, RW30/12 | F | Pegasus-XL |
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