STEP 3 (P92-2) (original) (raw)
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STEP 3 [TRW]
STEP 3 (Space Test Experiment Platform 3) was an experimental satellite launched for the Space Test Program (STP).
Prime contractor for the mission was TRW. The spacecraft was 3-axis stabilized and based on CTA's LEOStar bus.
STEP 3 featured following experiments for DoD:
- ACTEX (Advanced Controls technology experiments),
- EDMM (erasable disk mass memory),
- SAMMES (space active modular experiment),
- SAWAFE (strategic attack warning & assessment flight experiment),
- SQUOD (space qualified optical disk)
STEP 3 was lost in an launch failure of the air launched Pegasus-XL rocket.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Experimental |
| Operator: | US Air Force (USAF) STP (Space Test Program) |
| Contractors: | TRW, CTA → Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) (Bus) |
| Equipment: | ACTEX, EDMM, SAMMES, SAWAFE, SQUOD |
| Configuration: | LEOStar |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 268 kg |
| Orbit: | 450 km polar orbit |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEP 3 (P92-2) | 1995-F03 | 22.06.1995 | Va, L-1011, RW30/12 | F | Pegasus-XL |