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TacSat-3

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Launch operator

Orbital ATK

Launch date

19 May 2009

Launcher

Minotaur I

Spacecraft launched

5

Launch Location

LP-0B, Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Virginia, USA

Orbit

LEO

Spacecraft integrators

Orbital ATK

Rideshare Mission

TacSat-3

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SmallsatTypeCustomerCountryPurpose
AeroCube 3 (AC-3)CubeSat 1UThe Aerospace CorporationUSATechnology
CP-6CubeSat 1UCal Poly Picosatellite Project (PolySat)USATechnology
HawkSat-1CubeSat 1UHawk Institute for Space Sciences (HISS)USATechnology
PharmaSat-1CubeSat 3UNASA Ames Research CenterUSAScientific Research
TacSat-3 (JWS-D2)MicroSat 100-500kgsAir Force Research Lab. (AFRL)USACommunication

Rideshare Mission

TacSat-3

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TacSat-3 delivers critical weather data to warfighters

Minotaur I launching NROL-111

Rideshare Mission

TacSat-3

succesfull