Q: What was ANDE-MAA's primary mission?

A: ANDE-MAA was designed to measure atmospheric density and drag effects on satellites in low Earth orbit, providing data to improve spacecraft orbital predictions.

Q: How was ANDE-MAA launched and deployed?

A: It was launched as a secondary payload on Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-116) on December 10, 2006, and deployed into orbit on December 22, 2006.

Q: What happened to ANDE-MAA after deployment?

A: It operated for approximately one year before re-entering Earth's atmosphere on December 25, 2007, where it disintegrated during atmospheric decay.

Q: Did ANDE-MAA have secondary functions?

A: Yes, it was also classified as an amateur radio satellite (Navy-OSCAR 61) and had military satellite applications.

ANDE-MAA

former American atmospheric density research satellite

Vehicle Research Satellite Q17297624

Facts

14 properties

Instance of: research satellite, amateur radio satellite, military satellite, secondary payload, former entity^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Country: United States^[2]
Launch date: 2006-12-10
Part of: Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment^[9]
Country of origin: United States^[11]
Diameter: 0.4826 m^[19]
Launch vehicle: Space Shuttle
Mass: 52.04 kg^[18]
Operator: Space Test Program, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center^[7]^[8]
Significant event: rocket launch, deployment, atmospheric entry^[14]^[15]^[16]
Space launch vehicle: Space Shuttle^[10]
Start point: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B^[17]
Time of object orbit decay: December 25, 2007^[13]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: December 10, 2006^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en ANDE-MAA en ANDE-RR en ANDERRA en ANDE-RR Active en Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment - Mock ANDE Active en Mock ANDE Active en Navy-OSCAR 61 en NO-61 en OSCAR 61

🔖 Identifiers · 6

Image (Wikimedia Commons): STS-116 ANDE Released (S116-E-07828).jpg ↗
COSPAR ID: 2006-055F
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/1q61dshjm
NSSDCA ID: 2006-055F
SCN: 29664
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Satellite", "29664"]

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Instance of 4

military satellite, amateur radio satellite, research satellite, former entity

Significant event 2

atmospheric entry, rocket launch

Country 1

United States

Country of origin 1

United States

Operator 1

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

Space launch vehicle 1

Space Shuttle

Start point 1

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B

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Summary

ANDE-MAA is a research satellite^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ ANDE-MAA — country (P17): United States. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ ANDE-MAA — instance of (P31): amateur radio satellite. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ ANDE-MAA — instance of (P31): military satellite. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ ANDE-MAA — instance of (P31): secondary payload. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ ANDE-MAA — instance of (P31): former entity. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ ANDE-MAA — operator (P137): Space Test Program. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ ANDE-MAA — operator (P137): Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ ANDE-MAA — part of (P361): Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ ANDE-MAA — space launch vehicle (P375): Space Shuttle. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ ANDE-MAA — country of origin (P495): United States. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ ANDE-MAA — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): December 10, 2006. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ ANDE-MAA — time of object orbit decay (P621): December 25, 2007. aprs.org. aprs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ ANDE-MAA — significant event (P793): rocket launch. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ ANDE-MAA — significant event (P793): deployment. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ ANDE-MAA — significant event (P793): atmospheric entry. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ ANDE-MAA — start point (P1427): Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ ANDE-MAA — mass (P2067): 52.04 kg. eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ ANDE-MAA — diameter (P2386): 0.4826 m. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ ANDE-MAA is an instance of research satellite (Q105839698) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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