TECHEDSAT 4

Photo TECHEDSAT 4

40455
Spacetrack Directory Number
1998-11-20
Orbit launches
2015-04-03
5978 Days in orbit


Satellite information TECHEDSAT 4

Spacetrack Directory Name TECHEDSAT 4
Orbit launches 1998-11-20
Deorbitation date 2015-04-03
Days in orbit 5978
Country/organisation of origin USA (US)
Starting point TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)
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Additional information TECHEDSAT 4

Investigate technology to return small samples to Earth from the space station. TechEdSat-4 will deploy using the NanoRacks services. Its primary objectives are to further develop a tension-based drag device, called exo-brake, and demonstrate frequent uplink/downlink control capabilities.



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