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Deep Space Atomic Clock
Atomic clock used for radio navigation in space. Deep Space Atomic Clock was launched on June 25, 2019 aboard a Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2019-036CNORAD 44341United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OTB
- Common name
- Deep Space Atomic Clock
- Payload designation
- Orbital Test Bed
- International designator
- 2019-036C
- NORAD catalog number
- 44341
- GCAT identifier
- S44341
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/942
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology, Miscellaneous
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Gen Atomic
- Owner
- GA-EMS
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- General Atomics Electromagnetic System Group/Englewood
- Platform (bus)
- SSTL-150
Launch
- Date
- June 25, 2019 · 06:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 2019-036Success
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/E
- Perigee
- 706 km
- Apogee
- 723 km
- Inclination
- 24.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2025
- End of operations
- Sep 18, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 100 kg
- Dry mass
- 100 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Launched together
Green Propellant Infusion MissionTechnology · NASA MSFCCOSMIC 2-3Meteorology · NSPODemonstration and Science ExperimentsTechnology · AFRL/RVFalconSat 7Technology · USAF AcademyCOSMIC 2-1Meteorology · NSPOCOSMIC 2-4Meteorology · NSPOCOSMIC 2-2Meteorology · NSPOCOSMIC 2-6Meteorology · NSPOPSAT-2Communications · USNABRICSat-2Technology · USNA
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q25304292 (CC0).