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Victus Nox (TacRS 3) [Millennium Space]
Victus Nox is a technology demonstration satellite for the US Space Forces tactically responsive launch program (TacRS, formerly TacRL), which is intended to provide space domain awareness. The mission is also called TacRS-3.
In October 2022 contracts for the construction and launch of the satellite were awarded to Millennium Space and Firefly respectively.
Millennium will pull a satellite from its production line, modify it for the TacRS mission and deliver within eight months. Critical to the program is its short call-up time, allowing just hours to run the satellite through final testing, fueling and delivery to the launch site for launch on a Firefly-Alpha (Block 1).
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | US Space Force (USSF) Space Safari Program Office |
| Contractors: | Millennium Space |
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| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| Victus Nox (TacRS 3) | 2023-142A | 15.09.2023 | Va SLC-2W | Firefly-Alpha (Block 1) |
Launch Sites:
- Va = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
Further TacRL / TacRS missions:
- TacRL 1 (Trailblazer)
- TacRL 2 (Odyssey)
- TacRS 3 (Victus Nox)
- TacRS 4 (Victus Haze Puma)
- TacRS 4 (Victus Haze Jackal)
- TacRS 5 (Victus Sol)
- TacRS x (Victus Surgo)
- TacRS x (Victus Salo)
