MAST

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MAST is classified as:

NORAD ID: 31126

Int'l Code: 2007-012K

Perigee: 635.3 km

Apogee: 754.6 km

Inclination: 98.4 °

Period: 98.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7065 km

RCS: 0.0635 m² (small)

Launch date: April 17, 2007
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 2400.000-2483.500
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: FHSS
Call sign:
Status: Inactive

MAST is designed to perform investigations of the dynamics of tethered formations of spacecraft and to investigate the survivability of tethers in the harsh space environment. The MAST experiment consists of three picosatellites which will ride into orbit as a secondary payload on a Dnepr rocket as a part of the University CubeSat program. For launch, these three picosatellites stack together into a volume about the size of a loaf of bread. Once on orbit, the picosatellites will separate and deploy a 1,000 meter long Hoytether structure.

1 31126U 07012K   25169.15406798  .00000915  00000-0  18478-3 0  9992
2 31126  98.3796 125.7646 0084434 101.0089 260.0623 14.61655587965681

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC