MAST

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MAST is classified as:

NORAD ID: 31126

Int'l Code: 2007-012K

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   26230.86987236  .00000458  00000-0  96039-4 0  9993
2 31126  98.4362 200.1344 0080728 212.6082 147.0120 14.62755046 28002

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC