JAWSAT

American Military Satellite

JAWSAT
COSPAR ID2000-004A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.26061Edit this on Wikidata
Start of mission
Launch dateJanuary 27, 2000
Launch siteVandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
 

The Joint Air Force-Weber State University Satellite (JAWSAT) is an American military mini-satellite launched aboard a Minotaur rocket on January 27, 2000 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California.[1] After its own launch, JAWSAT deployed four microsatellites: FalconSAT-1, OCSE, OPAL, and ASUSat.[2] JAWSAT also carried NASA's Plasma Experiment Satellite Test (PEST).

See also

  • Weber-OSCAR 18
  • Spaceflight portal
  • 2000 in spaceflight

References

  1. ^ "Ham operators will get to help NASA with space experiment". NASA Science. November 4, 1999. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 555". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. February 1, 2000. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
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← 1999
Orbital launches in 2000
2001 →
January
  • USA-148
  • Galaxy 10R
  • Feng Huo 1
  • JAWSAT, FalconSAT-1, ASUSat-1, OCSE, OPAL (STENSAT, MEMS 1A, MEMS 1B, MASAT, Thelma, Louise)
February
  • Progress M1-1
  • Kosmos 2369
  • Hispasat 1C
  • Globalstar 60, Globalstar 62, Globlastar 63, Globalstar 64
  • Gruzovoy Maket, IRDT-1
  • ASTRO-E
  • STS-99
  • Garuda 1
  • Superbird-B2
March
AprilMay
June
July
August
September
October
NovemberDecember
  • STS-97 (ITS P6)
  • EROS A
  • USA-155
  • Astra 2D, GE-8, LDREX
  • Beidou 1B
  • Gonets-D1 No.7, Gonets-D1 No.8, Gonets-D1 No.9, Strela-3 No.125, Strela-3 No.126, Strela-3 No.127
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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