Falconsat 1

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General

Designation	26064 / 00004D
Launch date	27 Jan 2000
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee	773 km
Inclination	100.2°
Period	100.4 min
Launch vehicle	Minotaur #1

Owned by the USAF Academy. It carries the CHAWS-LD (Charging Hazards and Wake Studies-Long Duration) experiment to measure spacecraft charging effects in LEO.

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End of life

Out of service	Feb 2000
Cause	Power system failure
Decay

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor
Platform
Mass at launch	52 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Downlink: 400.475 MHz & 400.680, power 5 W
Transmitter would only be on near the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs.

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