C/NOFS

Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System

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General

Designation	32765 / 08017A
Launch date	16 Apr 2008
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Scientific: ionosphere study
Perigee/Apogee	405/851 km
Inclination	13°
Period	97.3 min
Launch vehicle	Pegasus XL #40
Launch site	U.S. Army's Reagan Test Site in the Kwajalein Atoll

Part of US DOD's Space Test Program and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Will forecast outages in DOD satellite communication links caused by ionospheric irregularities.

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End of life

Decay

28 Nov 2015

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External resources

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cindi/

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (former Spectrum Astro)
Platform
Mass at launch	395 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Has six 10-m booms. Payload include CINDI (Coupled Ion Neutral Dynamic Investigation) consisting of an Ion Velocity Meter (IVM), a Neutral Wind Monitor (NWM), and a Vector Electric Field Instrument (VEFI).

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