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'''TSX-5''' ('''Tri-Service-Experiments mission 5'''), is a $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'''), is a $85 million [[satellite]] successfully launched into orbit on June 7, 2000 from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] on a [[Pegasus XL]] [[rocket]]. |
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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]]. |
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Revision as of 01:23, 16 December 2013
TSX-5 (Tri-Service-Experiments mission 5), is a $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.
Sources
http://www.aero.org/publications/crosslink/summer2001/04.html
http://www.spaceandtech.com/digest/flash-articles/flash2000-030.shtml
http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/logs/2000/2000-030a_tsx-5_sumpub.shtml
http://spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/tsx5/000606tsx5.html
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