NEXTSat

DARPA technology demonstration satellite
Vehicle technology_demonstration_spacecraft Q6953639
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NEXTSat

Summary

NEXTSat is a technology demonstration spacecraft[1]. NEXTSat draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (technology_demonstration_spacecraft category, ranking #22 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • NEXTSat is in the country of United States[3].
  • NEXTSat's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft[4].
  • NEXTSat's operator is recorded as Air Force Research Laboratory[5].
  • NEXTSat's manufacturer is recorded as Ball Aerospace & Technologies[6].
  • NEXTSat's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2007-006C[7].
  • NEXTSat's part of is recorded as Orbital Express[8].
  • NEXTSat's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas V 401[9].
  • NEXTSat's SCN is recorded as 30774[10].
  • NEXTSat's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • NEXTSat's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[12].
  • NEXTSat's type of orbit is recorded as low Earth orbit[13].
  • NEXTSat's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2007-03-09T00:00:00Z[14].
  • NEXTSat's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +2023-04-21T00:00:00Z[15].
  • NEXTSat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022qg32[16].
  • NEXTSat's spacecraft bus is recorded as BCP-300[17].
  • NEXTSat's significant event is recorded as contract awarding[18].
  • NEXTSat's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • NEXTSat's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning[20].
  • NEXTSat's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[21].
  • NEXTSat's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41[22].
  • NEXTSat's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.02'}[23].
  • NEXTSat's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+227'}[24].
  • NEXTSat's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.00'}[25].
  • NEXTSat's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.11'}[26].
  • NEXTSat's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2007-006C[27].

Why It Matters

NEXTSat draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (technology_demonstration_spacecraft category, ranking #22 of 58).[2] NEXTSat is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . archive.darpa.mil. archive.darpa.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . n2yo.com. n2yo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . archive.darpa.mil. archive.darpa.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . spaceflightnow.com. spaceflightnow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . n2yo.com. n2yo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . archive.darpa.mil. archive.darpa.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . archive.darpa.mil. archive.darpa.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . archive.darpa.mil. archive.darpa.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nextsat_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NEXTSat}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nextsat}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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