TAOS
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| Names | Space Test Experiment Platform 0 (STEP-0) USA 101 |
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| Mission type | Technology demonstrator |
| Operator | AFRL |
| COSPAR ID | 1994-017A |
| SATCAT № | 23030 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | LEOStar |
| Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences |
| Launch mass | 502 kg (1,107 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 22:32:00, March 13, 1994 |
| 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.
The TAOS mission was operated by heritage Space Test and Development Wing and the 1st Space Operations Squadron.
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