TacSat 5 or APT (Advanced PnP Technologies) was to be a technology evaluation mission to test Plug and Play (PnP) Spacecraft Technologies.
The project was managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory in cooperation with the Operationally Responsive Space Office of the Department of Defense. The TacSat satellites are all designed to demonstrate the ability to provide real-time data collected from space to combatant commanders in the field.
In January 2009, AFRL released a Broad Agency Announcement for the development of TacSat-5. At that time, the mission still had not been specified and the bus was to be developed based on AFRL's Plug-and-Play avionics standards. The mission was cancelled. Instead, TacSat-5 was converted into a technology maturation program referred to as the. Advanced Plug-and-play Technology (APT) program.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Technology, communication |
| Operator: | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) |
| Contractors: | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); |
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| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| TacSat 5 (APT) | - | cancelled | Va SLC-8 ? | Minotaur-4 ? |
