2005-011A
XSS-11 Experimental Satellite System will be a 100 kg microsat built by LMA/Denver for the AFRL as a 'Davis-class' space demonstration mission. XSS-11 will demo autonomous on-orbit operations with minimal intervention from the ground. The experiment is part of NASA's Space Technology 6 project and of STP. Launch by Minotaur in Nov 2004. Customer was SMC Det 12.
In Sep 2005 it was announced that XSS-11 had completed several rendezvous operations with its final stage.
| XSS-11 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Apr 11 | 1335 | Launch by Minotaur | V SLC-8 |
| T+1:05? Stage 1 sep, Stage 1 burn | |||
| T+2:15? Stage 2 sep, Stage 3 burn | |||
| T+2:27? Fairing | |||
| T+ 3:30? Stage 3 burnout | |||
| T+10:30? Stage 3 sep | |||
| 1345 | T+10:40? Stage 4 burn | ||
| 1346 | T+11:50? Stage 4 burnout | ||
| 1348? | Stage 4 sep | 102.1 847 x 873 x 98.8 | |
| 2005 Jul | (late) Rendezvous with Stage 4, 1.6km | ||
| Image stage 4 | |||
| Sep burn | |||
| 2005 Aug | Rendezvous 2 | ||
| 2005 Aug | Rendezvous 3 | ||
| 2005 Aug? | Rendezvous 4? to 0.5 km | ||
| 2005 Nov 9 | Rendezvous to 0.3 km? | ||
| 2006 Jan 22 | 102.05 846 x 865 x 98.9 | ||
| 2006 May | 100.15 756 x 774 x 99.2 | ||
| 2006 Aug 11 | Rendezvous with DMSP-5D2 F6 | ||
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