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LINCS A, B

LINCS [General Atomics]

LINCS (Laser Interconnet & Communications System) is a mission to demonstrate Laser communication between satellites and the ground by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) for the Department of Defense (DoD).

The experiment consists of two 12U CubeSats featuring Laser communications terminals. Both satellites and payloads are built by General Atomics Electromagnetics (GA-EMS)

The Space Development Agency will use these satellites to test optical crosslinks as well as communication between satellites and a pilotless MQ-9 Reaper drone made by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

Nation: USA
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS)
Contractors: General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS)
Equipment:
Configuration: CubeSat (12U)
Propulsion: ?
Power: 2 deployable solar arrays, solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit:
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
LINCS 1 2021-059Z 30.06.2021 CC SLC-40 Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Starlink v1.5 R1-1, ..., R1-3, Umbra-SAR 2001, YAM 2, YAM 3, ŅuSat 19, ..., 22, ICEYE X11, X12, X13, X15, TUBIN, Mandrake 2A, 2B, Capella 5, GNOMES 2, LINCS 2, PACE 1, TROPICS 01, D2/AtlaCom 1, EG 3, Centauri 4, Lemur-2 140, ..., 145, SpaceBEE 88, ..., 111, SpaceBEENZ 7, ..., 10, Sherpa-FX 2, Lynk 06, Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C, Astrocast 0201, ..., 0205, Painani 2, Sherpa-LTE 1, Tenzing, Aurora, Arthur 1, Faraday Phoenix, KSF 1A, ..., 1D, Tiger 2, ION-SCV 003, NAPA 2, Spartan, Neptuno, W-Cube, Ghalib, QMR-KWT
LINCS 2 2021-059AA 30.06.2021 CC SLC-40 Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Starlink v1.5 R1-1, ..., R1-3, Umbra-SAR 2001, YAM 2, YAM 3, ŅuSat 19, ..., 22, ICEYE X11, X12, X13, X15, TUBIN, Mandrake 2A, 2B, Capella 5, GNOMES 2, LINCS 1, PACE 1, TROPICS 01, D2/AtlaCom 1, EG 3, Centauri 4, Lemur-2 140, ..., 145, SpaceBEE 88, ..., 111, SpaceBEENZ 7, ..., 10, Sherpa-FX 2, Lynk 06, Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C, Astrocast 0201, ..., 0205, Painani 2, Sherpa-LTE 1, Tenzing, Aurora, Arthur 1, Faraday Phoenix, KSF 1A, ..., 1D, Tiger 2, ION-SCV 003, NAPA 2, Spartan, Neptuno, W-Cube, Ghalib, QMR-KWT

Launch Sites:

  • CC =   Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA   USA

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