TacSat-3
[2] The TacSat satellites are all designed to demonstrate the ability to provide real-time data collected from space to combatant commanders in the field.[11] Several minutes later, this launch attempt was also scrubbed due to low electrical voltage on the AGC of the Flight Termination System.The spacecraft was successfully launched at 23:55 UTC on 19 May 2009 after a small delay to remove off shore boaters from the exclusion area.[12] After a successful completion of a one-year experimental phase, and the acquisition of more than 2100 images, TacSat-3 was handed over to the Air Force in June 2010 as a full-time operational asset.[13][14][15] TacSat-3/ARTEMIS observations of the National Mall and the Kilauea Volcano to support technical validation of the sensor have been released in June 2010.
TechnologyCommunicationsAir Force Research LaboratoryCOSPAR IDSATCAT no.RaytheonMinotaur IWallops IslandOrbital Sciences CorporationGeocentric orbitLow Earth orbitPerigee altitudeApogee altitudeInclinationPeriodTacSat seriesTacSat-2TacSat-4communication satellitesKirtland Air Force BaseNew MexicoOcean Data Telemetry Microsatellite LinkRitchey–Chrétien telescopehyperspectral imagingFocal Plane ArraygigabitOperationally Responsive Space OfficeMinotaurlaunch vehicleNational MallAN/PRC-117Fultra high frequencyKilauea Volcanoreentered the Earth's atmospherepublic domainTactical Satellite ProgramTacSat-0TacSat-1TacSat-5TacSat-6X-33 Venture StarHTV-3X BlackswiftX-37 Orbital Test VehicleX-40A Space Maneuver VehicleX-51A WaveRiderProgramFASTRACCoriolisC/NOFSMightySat-1MightySat-2XSS-10TechSat-21XSS-11PnPSat-1ANGELS← 2008Orbital launches in 20092010 →USA-202Orion 6Sohla-1Koronas-FotonNOAA-19Progress M-66Ekspress-AM44Ekspress-MD1Hot Bird 10Spirale-ASpirale-BTelstar 11NKeplerSTS-119ITS S6USA-203Soyuz TMA-14USA-204Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2RISAT-2ANUSATSICRAL 1BUSA-205Progress M-02MSTS-125HerschelPlanckProtoStar 2PharmaSatAeroCube-3HawkSat-1Meridian 2Soyuz TMA-15LCROSSMEASAT-3aGOES 14Sirius FM-5TerreStar-1Kosmos 2451Kosmos 2452RazakSATSTS-127JEM-EFProgress M-67DubaiSat-1Deimos-1UK-DMC 2Nanosat-1BAprizeSat-3AprizeSat-4AsiaSat 5USA-206JCSAT-RAOptus D3STSat-2ASTS-128Leonardo MPLMPalapa-DUSA-207 / PANMeteor-M No.1Sterkh-2SumbandilaSatUGATUSATUniversitetsky-Tatyana-2Nimiq 5Oceansat-2Rubin 9.1