DRAGONSAT

Photo DRAGONSAT

35690
Spacetrack Directory Number
2009-07-15
Orbit launches
2010-03-17
245 Days in orbit


Satellite information DRAGONSAT

Spacetrack Directory Name DRAGONSAT
Alternative name BEVO 1 & AGGIESAT 2, DRAGONSAT 1 & DRAGONSAT 2
Orbit launches 2009-07-15
Deorbitation date 2010-03-17
Days in orbit 245
Country/organisation of origin USA (US)
Starting point AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA)

Additional information DRAGONSAT

Promote space engineering education as well as research into novel, low-cost autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations techniques. The first-mission requirements were to operate the Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver built by NASA JSC called DRAGON (Dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator).



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