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- FASTRAC abstract "Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Attitude and Crosslink (or FASTRAC) is a pair of nanosatellites (respectively named Sara-Lily and Emma) developed and built by students at The University of Texas at Austin. The project is part of a program sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), whose goal is to lead the development of affordable space technology. The FASTRAC mission will specifically investigate technologies that facilitate the operation of multiple satellites in formation. These enabling technologies include relative navigation, cross-link communications, attitude determination, and thrust. Due to the high cost of lifting mass into orbit, there is a strong initiative to miniaturize the overall weight of spacecraft. The utilization of formations of satellites, in place of large single satellites, reduces the risk of single point failure and allows for the use of low-cost hardware.In January 2005, the University of Texas won the University Nanosat-3 Program, a grant-based competition that included 12 other participating universities. As a winner, FASTRAC was given the opportunity to launch its satellites into space. The student-led team received $100,000 from AFRL for the competition portion of the project, and another $100,000 for the implementation phase. FASTRAC is the first student-developed satellite mission incorporating on-orbit real-time relative navigation, on-orbit real-time attitude determination using a single GPS antenna, and a micro-discharge plasma thruster.FASTRAC launched on 19 November 2010 aboard a Minotaur IV rocket from the Kodiak Launch Complex in Kodiak, Alaska. Separation of the satellites from each other and cross-link communication were successfully carried out.FASTRAC was developed under the US Air Force Research Laboratory University Nanosatellite Program, and was ranked number 32 in the Space Experiments Review Board's list of priortised spacecraft experiments in 2006. The spacecraft were expected to demonstrate Global Positioning System relative navigation and micro-charge thruster performance.".
- FASTRAC thumbnail FASTRAC.jpg?width=300.
- FASTRAC wikiPageExternalLink fastrac.ae.utexas.edu.
- FASTRAC wikiPageExternalLink overview.php.
- FASTRAC wikiPageID "18693879".
- FASTRAC wikiPageRevisionID "590597439".
- FASTRAC eccentricity "~ 0".
- FASTRAC hasPhotoCollection FASTRAC.
- FASTRAC inclination "72".
- FASTRAC launch "2010-11-19".
- FASTRAC launchSite Kodiak_Launch_Complex.
- FASTRAC launchVehicle Minotaur_IV.
- FASTRAC mass "127.0".
- FASTRAC missionType "Technology demonstrator".
- FASTRAC name "FASTRAC".
- FASTRAC orbitRegime Low_Earth_orbit.
- FASTRAC orbitalInsertionDate "2010-11-19".
- FASTRAC organization Air_Force_Research_Laboratory.
- FASTRAC organization Space_Test_Program.
- FASTRAC organization University_of_Texas_at_Austin.
- FASTRAC semimajorAxis "650.0".
- FASTRAC webpage fastrac.ae.utexas.edu.
- FASTRAC subject Category:Student_satellites.
- FASTRAC type MeanOfTransportation.
- FASTRAC type Spacecraft.
- FASTRAC type DesignedArtifact.
- FASTRAC comment "Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Attitude and Crosslink (or FASTRAC) is a pair of nanosatellites (respectively named Sara-Lily and Emma) developed and built by students at The University of Texas at Austin. The project is part of a program sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), whose goal is to lead the development of affordable space technology.".
- FASTRAC label "FASTRAC".
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- FASTRAC wasDerivedFrom FASTRAC?oldid=590597439.
- FASTRAC depiction FASTRAC.jpg.
- FASTRAC homepage fastrac.ae.utexas.edu.
- FASTRAC isPrimaryTopicOf FASTRAC.
- FASTRAC name "FASTRAC".
