XSS-10

XSS-10 (eXperimental Small Satellite 10) was a small, low-cost micro-spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for line-of-sight guidance of spacecraft.^[2] The project was initiated at AFRL by Program Manager David Barnhart^[3] and completed by Georgia Tech Research Institute engineer Thom Davis and team.^[4] The project was declared a success shortly after launch.^[5]

Spent upper stage of the Delta II launch vehicle imaged by the XSS-10 satellite

XSS-10

XSS-10 computer model
Mission type	Technology
Operator	AFRL
COSPAR ID	2003-005B
SATCAT no.	27664
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	Boeing
Launch mass	28 kilograms (62 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	January 29, 2003, 18:06:00 (2003-01-29UTC18:06Z) UTC
Rocket	Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta 295)
Launch site	Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Eccentricity	0.020384971
Perigee altitude	518.0 kilometers (321.9 mi)
Apogee altitude	805.0 kilometers (500.2 mi)
Inclination	39.75 degrees
Period	98.0 minutes
Epoch	29 January 2003, 13:06:00 UTC[1]