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Cal-Sat [USAF]
The Cal-Sat satellite was built on the P-11 series bus and carried several antennas that the government wanted to test and calibrate on orbit.
The satellite was not launched as the USAF became satisfied with the anechoic chamber results and cancelled the contract. The spacecraft ended up on display in the Smithsonian Museum in DC.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology, calibration |
| Operator: | US Air Force (USAF) |
| Contractors: | Lockheed (bus) |
| Equipment: | ? |
| Configuration: | P-11 bus |
| Propulsion: | Kick motor |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal-Sat (P-11 4416) | - | not launched | Va | with ? |
Launch Sites:
- Va = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA
References:
- Informant G (name withheld): Private communications
Further Program Jupiter P-11 "Subsatellite Ferret" missions:
P-11 based SIGINT (Program Jupiter / P-989) missions
- Arroyo (P-11 4427)
- Facade (P-11 4410)
- Fanion 1, 2 / Tripos 1, 2 (P-11 4402, 4406)
- Fanion 3 / Slewto (P-11 4408)
- Farrah 1, 2 (P-11 4433, 4434)
- Farrah 3, 4, 5 (P-11 5103,..., 5105)
- Lampan 1, 2 / Sampan 2, 3 (P-11 4411, 4417)
- Leige / Plicat (P-11 4404)
- Mabeli (P-11 4424)
- Magnum (P-11 4403)
- Noah's Ark (P-11 4301)
- Pundit 1, 2, 3 (P-11 4001, 4101, 4102)
- Pundit 4 (P-11 4401)
- Raquel 1, 1A, 2 (P-11 4429, 4432)
- Sampan 1 / Sousea 1 (P-11 4405)
- Savant 1, 2 (P-11 4409, 4419)
- Step Thirteen / Plymouth Rock 3 (P-11 4302)
- Tivoli 1, 2, 3 (P-11 4412, 4418, 4422)
- Tophat 1, 2 (P-11 4423, 4428)
- Tripos 3, 4 / Sousea 2, 3 (P-11 4420, 4421)
- Ursala 1, 2, 3, 4 (P-11 4425, 4426, 4430, 4431)
- Vampan 1 (P-11 4413)
- Weston (P-11 4407)
