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ASTEX

U.S. Air Force technology demonstration satellite
Vehicle Technology Demonstration Spacecraft Q15006

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
technology demonstration spacecraft, military satellite[3]
Country
United States[2]
Launch date
1971-10-17
Country of origin
United States[6]
Launch vehicle
Thorad-Agena D
Mass
1,500 kg[13]
Operator
Space Test Program[4]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array[7]
Quora topic
Astex
Satellite of
polar orbit
Significant event
rocket launch, failure[10][11]
Space launch vehicle
Thorad-Agena D[5]
Start point
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1 West[12]
Type of orbit
polar orbit[8]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
October 17, 1971[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Advanced Space Technology Experiment en ASTEX en P71-2 en STP P71-2
🔖 Identifiers · 5
COSPAR ID
1971-089A
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12135xsj
NSSDCA ID
1971-089A
Quora topic ID
Astex
SCN
05560

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
military satellite, technology demonstration spacecraft
Significant event 2
failure, rocket launch
Country 1
United States
Country of origin 1
United States
Powered by 1
spacecraft solar array
Space launch vehicle 1
Thorad-Agena D
Type of orbit 1
polar orbit
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Summary

ASTEX is a technology demonstration spacecraft[1].

Related Entities

military satellite technology demonstration spacecraft Thorad-Agena D United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: 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] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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