Engineering:JAWSAT
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| Launch date | January 27, 2000 |
| Launch site | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
The Joint Air Force-Weber State University Satellite (JAWSAT) is an American military mini-satellite launched aboard a Minotaur rocket on January 27, 2000 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California .[1] After its own launch, JAWSAT deployed four microsatellites: FalconSAT-1, OCSE, OPAL, and ASUSat.[2] JAWSAT also carried NASA's Plasma Experiment Satellite Test (PEST).
See also
- Weber-OSCAR 18
- 2000 in spaceflight
References
- ↑ "Ham operators will get to help NASA with space experiment.". NASA Science. 4 November 1999. http://science1.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/ast04nov99_1/.
- ↑ "SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 555". NASA. 1 February 2000. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx555.html.
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