Losat-X (Low Altitude Satellite Experiment)

A test flight of United States Department of Defense sensors as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Losat-X was launched alongside Navstar GPS-11. Its main mission was remote sensing using a a multispectral imaging package and a wide field-of-view star camera. Designed for a three-month lifetime, the satellite accomplished its primary objectives in the first 24 hours. The secondary mission objectives were not met, however, due to a failure in the command receiver nine days after launch.

launch date	Jul. 4, 1991
launch vehicle	Delta 7925
launch site	Cape Canaveral
orbit	405 km × 417 km × 40.0°
size	1.2 × 0.9 × 0.3 m
mass	75 kg

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