Sindri

 2000-042A

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The USAF Phillips Lab in Albuquerque, NM gave Spectrum Astro Inc. the contract for the three Mightysat Phase 2 technology demonstration satellites. Each SA200B satellite will have a mass of 113 kg and consist of a 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.25 m box with a deployable solar array.

The first in the series, Mightysat II.1 is called Sindri (P99-1). Mass 125 kg. Span 4.3m 0.7 x 0.9 x 0.9 box. Ground control by AFSCN and Kirtland RSC. Launch 2000 Jul by Minotaur. Another Aerospace Corp picosat pair, DARPA Picosat 7/8, were on board the satellite. They were deployed in Sep 2001.

Sindri is a name from Norse mythology: he was the dwarf who forged Thor's hammer.

Sindri
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Jul 19	2009	Launch by Minotaur	V CLF
		T+1:01 St 1 sep
		T+1:17 St 2 interstage sep
		T+1:58 Fairing sep
		T+2:06 SR19 sep
		T+2:15 Orion 50XL burn
		T+3:23 St 3 burnout	-4400 x 547 x 97.5
		T+9:16 St 3 sep
		T+9:16 Orion 38 burn
	2019	T+10:26 St 4 burnout
	2020	T+11:28 St 4 sep	547 x 546 x 97.5 s
2001 Sep 7	1939	Picosat ejected
2001 Nov 11		end of ops
2002 Nov 12	0055	reentered

Payload:

• Fourier Transform Hyperspectral Imager, 3500A-1.05 micron spectrometer with 17A resolution (Phillips Lab/Lasers and Imaging), for Earth imaging.

• SAC Composite solar array (Phillips Lab/SAMTD) with solar array concentrator

• NSX NRL SGLS transponder

• QC40 Quad-C40 processor

• SMATTE Shaped Memory Alloy Thermal Tailoring Expt

• SAFI Solar array Flexible Interconnect