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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