2001-043A
Starshine 3 is 90 kg. It is built by NRL and the Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium. Launch by Athena from Kodiak (Kodiak Star mission).
Starshine is mounted in the center of the Payload Upper Deck plate, with Picosat on one side and PCSat and Sapphire on the other.
Total 183 kg for all payloads: 90 (SS) + 68 (Pc) +16 (Saph) suggests around 10 for PCSAT.
Starshine was allocated the amateur radio name SO-43 (Starshine OSCAR 43) in Nov 2001.
The sphere is 0.94m dia. It carries solar cells and a transmitter, which failed after 101 days due to degraded battery voltage.
| Starshine 3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Sep 30 | 0240:02 | Launch by Athena-1 LM-1 | KLC |
| T+1:31 St 1 burnout | |||
| T+2:56 Fairing | |||
| T+3:02 Stage 1 sep | |||
| T+3:05 Orbus burn | |||
| T+5:35 Orbus burnout | |||
| T+5:36 Orbus sep | |||
| T+5:41 OAM burn | |||
| 0257 | T+17:04 OAM shutdown | 237 x 815 | |
| 0337 | T+57:46 OAM apogee burn | 800 x 800 | |
| 0344 | T+1:03:50 Picosat release | ||
| 0351 | T+1:11 Sapphire release | ||
| 0352 | T+1:12 PCSat release | ||
| 0355? | T+1:15? OAM lower perigee | 500 x 800 | |
| OAM circ at 500 km | 500 x 500 | ||
| 0450 | Starshine sep | ||
| OAM sep burn | |||
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