XSS 10
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XSS-10 (eXperimental Small Satellite 10) was a small, low-cost micro-spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for line-of-sight guidance of spacecraft. The project was initiated at AFRL by Program Manager David Barnhart and completed by Georgia Tech Research Institute engineer Thom Davis and team. The project was declared a success shortly after launch.
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- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Image
- XSS-10.png
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- XSS-10
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2003-01-29
- space launch vehicle
- Delta II
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17
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XSS-10 (eXperimental Small Satellite 10) was a small, low-cost micro-spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for line-of-sight guidance of spacecraft. The project was initiated at AFRL by Program Manager David Barnhart and completed by Georgia Tech Research Institute engineer Thom Davis and team. The project was declared a success shortly after launch.
thumb|left|Spent upper stage of the Delta II launch vehicle imaged by the XSS-10 satellite
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