26061 - JAWSAT

JAWSAT (Joint Air Force Academy-Weber State University Satellite) is an American military minisatellite that was launched from Vandenberg AFB by the first of 450 decommisioned/re-engineered Minuteman-2 rockets at 03:03 UT on 2000 Jan 27. After its own launch, JAWSAT deployed four microsatellites: FALCONSAT, OCS, OPAL, and ASUSat. It also supported two experiments attached to its Multi-Payload Adaptor Frame (MPA): the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's Plasma Experiment Satellite Test (PEST), and the Weber State University's Attitude Controlled Platform (ACP).

Alternate Names

Joint Air Force Academy-Weber State University Satellite
OSCAR 39

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2000-01-27
Launch Vehicle: Minuteman-2
Launch Site: Vandenberg AFB, United States
Mass: 191.4 kg
Nominal Power: 80.0 W