JAWSAT

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The Joint Air Force-Weber State University Satellite (JAWSAT) is an American military mini-satellite launched aboard a Minotaur rocket on January 27, 2000 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)inCalifornia.^[1] After its own launch, JAWSAT deployed four microsatellites: FalconSAT-1, OCSE, OPAL, and ASUSat.^[2] JAWSAT also carried NASA's Plasma Experiment Satellite Test (PEST).

JAWSAT
Start of mission


COSPAR ID	2000-004A
SATCAT no.	26061


Launch date	January 27, 2000
Launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)

References

^ "Ham operators will get to help NASA with space experiment". NASA Science. November 4, 1999. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.

^ "SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 555". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. February 1, 2000. Retrieved April 7, 2014.

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