Advanced Photovoltaic & Electronic Experiment
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Operator | NASA / DARPA |
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COSPAR ID | 1994-046A |
SATCAT no. | 23191 |
Mission duration | 1 year (design life) 3 years (target) 22 months (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | PegaStar |
Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences |
Launch mass | 260 kilograms (570 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | August 3, 1994, 14:38 | UTC
Rocket | Pegasus |
Launch site | Balls 8, Edwards Runway 04/22 |
Contractor | Orbital Sciences |
End of mission | |
Last contact | June 4, 1996 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Advanced Photovoltaic and Electronics Experiments, also known as APEX, was a satellite-based science mission launched into Low Earth orbit on August 3, 1994, by a Pegasus rocket. The mission successfully tested the use of photovoltaic and electronic components in space.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "APEX (P90-6)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved April 12, 2019.