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DSX
DSX computer model
Mission typeTechnology demonstration
OperatorAFRL
COSPAR ID2019-036F Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.44344Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
BusESPA ring + 2 SN-200
ManufacturerSierra Nevada Corporation
(formerly MicroSat Systems)

Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) is a small spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to perform experiments to demonstrate the ability to operate in medium Earth orbit.[1]

Payload

DSX will perform three experiments:

  • Wave Particle Interaction Experiment
  • Space Weather Experiment
  • Space Environmental Effects Experiment

Details

One deployable boom measured 80 meters and a second measured 16 meters, making DSX one of the largest deployable structures built to operate on orbit.

AFRL kept the satellite in operation for nearly two years, rather than the one year planned, using it to conduct more than 1,300 experiments.

End or Life

The satellite reached end of life on 31 May 2021.

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References

  1. ^ "Sierra Nevada Science Missions". Sierra Nevada Corporation. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  2. ^ Air Force’s experimental football field-sized satellite ends operations, Nathan Strout, c4isrnet.com, 2021-06024
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