Step 5

Also called TSX 5, Tri-Service Experiment and P95-2

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General

Designation	26374 / 00030A
Launch date	7 Jun 2000
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Military: ?
Perigee/Apogee	404/1689 km
Inclination	69°
Period	106 min
Launch vehicle	Pegasus #29

Worth $85 million

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	TRW
Platform	STEP
Mass at launch	250 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Will carry 2 experimental payloads with 6-month lifetimes (with a 1 year goal): Space Technology Research Vehicle-2 (STRV-2) and Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor (CEASE).

STRV 2 is the first satellite to ground experiment capable of gigabit throughput via a laser. The experiment was built by AstroTerra Corporation. It is sponsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in collaboration with the UK Ministry of Defense's DERA organization at Farnborough. It is a followup of the STRV program. The mission will be controlled from Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.

CEASE (also called S97-1) was developed by AFRL (USAF Reseach Lab). It is a prototype sensor package to provide warning of spacecraft charging and radiation events.

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