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PSSC-2

miniaturized satellite operated by the United States Air Force
Vehicle Technology Demonstration Spacecraft Q7120763

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
technology demonstration spacecraft, small satellite[2]
Follows
PSSC-1[4]
Launch date
2011-07-08
Country of origin
United States[7]
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle
Manufacturer
The Aerospace Corporation[5]
Mass
3.7 kg[14]
Operator
United States Air Force[3]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array[8]
Significant event
rocket launch (2011), atmospheric entry (2011)[11][12]
Space launch vehicle
Space Shuttle[6]
Start point
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A[13]
Time of object orbit decay
December 8, 2011[10]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
July 8, 2011[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Picosatellite Solar Cell Testbed 2 en Picosat Solar Cell Testbed 2 en PSSC-2 en PSSCT-2 en PSSC-Testbed 2
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Picosat.jpg ↗
COSPAR ID
2011-031B
Freebase ID
/m/0gyx8n_
NSSDCA ID
2011-031B
SCN
37752
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "37752"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
small satellite, technology demonstration spacecraft
Significant event 2
atmospheric entry, rocket launch
Country of origin 1
United States
Follows 1
PSSC-1
Manufacturer 1
The Aerospace Corporation
Operator 1
United States Air Force
Powered by 1
spacecraft solar array
Preceded by (successor) 1
PSSC-1
Space launch vehicle 1
Space Shuttle
Start point 1
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
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Summary

PSSC-2 is a technology demonstration spacecraft[1].

Related Entities

PSSC-1 small satellite Space Shuttle technology demonstration spacecraft United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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