TacSat 3 (JWS D2)

TacSat 3 (JWS D2) [Swales]

The TacSat-3 (JWS D2) is a small technology mission of the Air Force Research Laboratory. The project is funded by the DOD's Office of Force Transformation as Phase II of a four-phased approach for developing modular spacecraft buses. The bus resulting from this effort will be used on the TacSat-3 mission to support the Advanced Responsive Tactically Effective Military Imaging Spectrometer (ARTEMIS) sensor payload also being developed by AFRL. TacSat 3’s main payload is a hyperspectral sensor and the satellite platform will have a standardized avionics package whose development is being managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory. It will also feature a Navy Secondary Data-X Payload for IP-Based Buoy Comms.

Swales Aerospace announced in June 2006 that it has been awarded a new Task Order under its existing Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with the Air Force Material Command, Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/VS). Under this award, Swales will design, build and test the Operationally Responsive Space Modular Bus (ORSMB) for the TacSat-3 mission,

Nation:	USA
Type / Application:	Technology, imaging
Operator:	Air Force Research Laboratory
Contractors:	Air Force Research Laboratory; ATK Space Systems (ex Swales) (bus)
Equipment:	ARTEMIS
Configuration:	ORSMB
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Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
TacSat 3 (JWS D2)	19.05.2009	WI LA-0B		Minotaur-1	with PharmaSat 1, HawkSat 1, CP 6, AeroCube 3

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