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'''TSX-5''' ('''Tri-Service-Experiments mission 5''') is an $85 million [[satellite]] successfully launched into orbit on June 7, 2000, from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] on a [[Pegasus XL]] [[rocket]].
'''TSX-5''' ('''Tri-Service-Experiments mission 5''', COSPAR 2000-030A, SATCAT 26374) is an $85 million [[satellite]] successfully launched into orbit on June 7, 2000, from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] on a [[Pegasus XL]] [[rocket]].


TSX-5 hosts two [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] (DOD) payloads, [[STRV-2]] (the Space Test Research Vehicle-2), sponsored by the [[Ballistic Missile Defense Organization]], and [[CEASE (satellite)|CEASE]] (the Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor), sponsored by the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]'s [[Phillips Geophysics Laboratory]]. TSX-5 is managed by the Space Technology Program (STP) at the Space and Missiles Centre, Test and Evaluation (SMC/TELS) at [[Kirtland Air Force Base]], [[New Mexico]].
TSX-5 hosts two [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] (DOD) payloads, [[STRV-2]] (the Space Test Research Vehicle-2), sponsored by the [[Ballistic Missile Defense Organization]], and [[CEASE (satellite)|CEASE]] (the Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor), sponsored by the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]'s [[Phillips Geophysics Laboratory]]. TSX-5 is managed by the Space Technology Program (STP) at the Space and Missiles Centre, Test and Evaluation (SMC/TELS) at [[Kirtland Air Force Base]], [[New Mexico]].

Latest revision as of 22:35, 4 July 2023

TSX-5 (Tri-Service-Experiments mission 5, COSPAR 2000-030A, SATCAT 26374) is an $85 million satellite successfully launched into orbit on June 7, 2000, from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Pegasus XL rocket.

TSX-5 hosts two Department of Defense (DOD) payloads, STRV-2 (the Space Test Research Vehicle-2), sponsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, and CEASE (the Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor), sponsored by the Air Force's Phillips Geophysics Laboratory. TSX-5 is managed by the Space Technology Program (STP) at the Space and Missiles Centre, Test and Evaluation (SMC/TELS) at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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