TAOS

For other uses of 'Taos', see Taos.

Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability (TAOS)
Spacecraft properties

Names	Space Test Experiment Platform 0 (STEP-0) USA 101

Mission type	Technology demonstrator
Operator	AFRL
COSPAR ID	1994-017A
SATCAT №	23030

Bus	LEOStar
Manufacturer	Orbital Sciences
Launch mass	502 kg (1,107 lb)

Start of mission
Launch date	22:32:00, March 13, 1994 (1994-03-13T22:32:00)
Rocket	Taurus
Launch site	Vandenberg AFB

Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability (also known as TAOS and STEP 0) was a satellite developed by the US Air Force's Phillips Laboratory (now part of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate) to test technology for autonomous operation of spacecraft.^[1]^[2]

The TAOS mission was operated by heritage Space Test and Development Wing and the 1st Space Operations Squadron.^[3]

References

↑ "Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
↑ "Encyclopedia Astronautica: TAOS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
↑ "Schriever AFB Public Affairs: 1st Space Operations Squadron Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-04-14.

U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) spacecraft and air vehicles

Launch/orbital vehicles	X-33 Venture Star (canceled) HTV-3X Blackswift (canceled) X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle X-51A WaveRider

University Nanosat Program	Program 3CS FASTRAC CUSat DANDE

Space weather satellites	ARGOS TSX-5 Coriolis C/NOFS DSX

Technology demonstrators	TAOS MightySat-1 MightySat-2 XSS-10 TechSat-21 (canceled) XSS-11 ISAT PnPSat-1 (canceled) ANGELS

Tactical Satellite Program satellites	TacSat-1 TacSat-2 TacSat-3 TacSat-4 TacSat-5

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