Leostar-2 programs – Orbital LEOStar-2 Bus User Manual
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LEOSTAR-2 PROGRAMS
ICON
Mission: Space Weather
Launch: 2017, Pegasus
Status: In design
TESS
Mission: Exoplanet Exploration
Launch: 2017, TBD
Status: In design
Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)
Mission: Atmospheric Monitoring
Launch: 2014, Delta II
Status: At launch site
Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
(NuSTAR)
Mission: X-ray Detection of Black Holes
Launch: 2012, Pegasus XL
Status: Operational
Glory
Mission: Atmospheric and Solar
Irradiance Monitoring
Launch: 2011, Taurus XL
Status: Lost due to LV failure
Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)
Mission: Atmospheric Monitoring
Launch: 2009, Taurus XL
Status: Lost due to LV failure
Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM)
Mission: Atmospheric Monitoring
Launch: 2007, Pegasus XL
Status: Baseline mission complete,
currently in extended operations
OrbView-3
Mission: Remote Sensing
Launch: 2003, Pegasus XL
Status: Spacecraft de-orbited after
image sensor failure
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Mission: Astronomical Exploration
Launch: 2003, Pegasus XL
Status: Mission complete
Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment
(SORCE)
Mission: Solar Irradiance Measurement
and Monitoring
Launch: 2003, Pegasus XL
Status: Baseline mission complete,
currently in extended operations
OrbView-4
Mission: Remote Sensing
Launch: 2001, Taurus
Status: Lost due to LV failure