Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability

For other uses of 'Taos', see Taos.

Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability (TAOS) (also known as Space Test Experiment Platform 0 (STEP 0) and USA101) 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]

Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability (TAOS)

Names	Space Test Experiment Platform 0 (STEP-0) USA 101
Mission type	Technology demonstrator
Operator	AFRL
COSPAR ID	1994-017A
SATCAT no.	23030
Spacecraft properties
Bus	LEOStar
Manufacturer	Orbital Sciences
Launch mass	502 kg (1,107 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	22:32, March 13, 1994 (UTC) (1994-03-13T22:32:00Z)
Rocket	Taurus 1110
Launch site	Vandenberg AFB

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