Tactical Satellite Program
During the second half of 2002, the
Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Initiative consisting of a series of experiments. TacSat-1 is the first experiment in this OFT initiative. The TacSat-1 experiment received go-ahead on 7 May 2003.[1]
The TacSat series of experimental spacecraft are designed to allow military commanders on a battlefield to request and obtain imagery and other data from a satellite as it passes overhead. Collected data will be delivered to field commanders in minutes rather than hours or days.
All TacSats have been launched on Minotaur launch vehicles.[2]
These series of spacecraft should not be confused with the TACSAT program in 1969.[3]
- TacSat-1 - Cancelled
- TacSat-2 - Launched 16 December 2006
- TacSat-3 - Launched 19 May 2009 [1]
- TacSat-4 - Launched 27 September 2011
- TacSat-5 - Conceptual
- TacSat-6 - Launched on 6 December 2013
References
- ^ "Tactical Microsatellite Experiment (TacSat-1) - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory". nrl.navy.mil. NRL. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Launch Schedule". NASA. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "TACSAT". NASA. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- http://www.responsivespace.com/ - Conference, yearly, that has content that includes Tacsat
- http://www.nrl.navy.mil/content.php?P=04REVIEW207 Archived 14 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tacsat-2/main/
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