Spacetrack Directory Name | BUCCANEER RMM |
Orbit launches | 2017-11-18 |
Country/organisation of origin | Australia (AUS) |
Starting point | AFWTR (Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA) |
WWW | Here |
Perigee | 456 km |
Apogee | 803 km |
The payload on-board Buccaneer is a high frequency receiver. The mission will provide performance calibration of some aspects of the Jindalee Over-the-Horizon Radar Network (JORN). The antenna will be stowed during launch and jettison from the launch vehicle. Once the spacecraft is operating the antenna sections will be deployed. Each section measures 1.73 m from body to tip or 3.46 m from tip to tip. The antenna will be constructed using commercially available spring steel measuring tape.
satellite BUCCANEER RMM Date of exalting 18.11.2017y.