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STP R1


Also called Streak or USA 185

General


Designation 28871 / 05037A
Launch date 23 Sep 2005
Country of origin United States
Mission Technology
Perigee/Apogee 300 km or sun-synchronous?
Inclination  
Period  
Launch vehicle Minotaur #4

Streak is a technology demonstrator whose objective is to demonstrate rapid response, short mission life, low Earth orbit space technologies and gather information about the low Earth orbit environment. The vehicle will characterise the orbital regime, demonstrate operational feasibility from a command and control standpoint and also from a platform perspective for future DoD missions.

External resources


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End of life


Out of service  
Cause  
Decay planned for 28 Jun 2006


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