MAST

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MAST is classified as:

NORAD ID: 31126

Int'l Code: 2007-012K

Perigee: 645.9 km

Apogee: 774.2 km

Inclination: 98.2 °

Period: 98.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7081 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   21342.78627032  .00000143  00000-0  40465-4 0  9991
2 31126  98.2357 279.0518 0090622 136.2149 224.6281 14.56993491777957

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC