Thanks. I see the link on the NASA HQ site now. Could have sworn it wasn't there
when I looked this morning :-). Oh well...
Some nice things in the press kit. Spacecraft dimensions 0.53m dia 0.48m high stowed, mass 25 kg fully fuelled. Planned orbit 300 x 4500 km x 97 deg.
Drop at 12.2 km altitude.
Timeline: Drop+0:05 stage 1 burn, +1:17 stage 1 burnout at 55 km, +1:31 stage 2 burn at 72 km, +2:11 fairing sep at 115 km, +3:06 stage 2 burnout at 156 km,
+5:03 stage 3 burn at 283 km, +6:11 stage 3 burnout at 302 km, +9:31 ST5-FWD sep, +12:41 ST5-MID sep, +15:51 ST5-AFT sep.
GSFC has in-house prime contractor/integrator role, as far as I can tell.
Some things not in the press kit, but maybe someone here knows:
- Dry mass of spacecraft (or equally good, mass of propellant loaded)
- Drop point coords
- Nominal delta-v of stage 3 burn
- Span of spacecraft once boom is deployed (I guess about 1.0 meter)
- WHAT ARE THE THREE S/C GOING TO BE CALLED ONCE ON ORBIT? The only hint in the press kit is the
diagram calling them FWD, MID and AFT. But maybe they have serial numbers like S/N 1,2,3? and maybe they will be
given individual names (Larry, Curly, Moe? :-)). Any clues?