SPARK will be a three-stage all-solid carrier rocket, with a spin-stabilized first stage known as LEO-46 and an active attitude control system on the second and third stages. It is launched using a new rail-guided system.[3] It is expected to have a payload capacity of 250 kilograms (550 lb) to a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi).[4] Launches will be conducted from Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 5, which will have been relocated to the Pacific Missile Range FacilityatBarking Sands.[5] Aerojet Rocketdyne will produce the motors for all three stages, but Sandia is the prime contractor for the rocket's systems. The United States Air Force will provide launch support.
The first launch of SPARK, named OSR-4, is scheduled for October or November 2015[6] and will carry HawaiiSat-1 and several secondary payloads, and test the rocket at its full payload capacity.[7][3]
References
^"HawaiiSat-1". eoPortal Directory. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^Krebs, Gunter. "SPARK". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^"Overview". Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory. Archived from the original(PDF) on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^Taylor, Brian. "Innovative Satellite Launch Program". School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii. Archived from the original(PDF) on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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