REX (Radiation Experiment)
United States Air Force satellites designed to study scintillation effects
of Earth's atmosphere on radio transmissions. REX 2 was also the first spacecraft
to successfully employ GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation for full
closed-loop attitude control.
| spacecraft |
launch date |
launch vehicle |
launch site |
orbit |
mass (kg) |
size (m) |
| REX 1 |
Jun. 29, 1991 |
Scout G |
Vandenberg |
766 × 869 km × 89.6° |
85 |
0.6 × 0.8 |
| REX 2 |
Mar. 9, 1996 |
Pegasus XL |
Vandenberg |
799 × 835 km × 90.0° |
|
0.6 × 0.8 |
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