Midcourse Space Experiment spacecraft
NASA Planetary Data System records MSX as a multispectral spacecraft launched into polar orbit in 1996 to collect Earth, Earth-limb, celestial-background, missile, and resident-space-object observations while demonstrating imaging technologies for space surveillance.
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Identity
- Aliases
- MSXMidcourse Space ExperimentMSX spacecraft
- Family Name
- MSX
- Full Name
- Midcourse Space Experiment spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryresearchtechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA Planetary Data System records MSX as a multispectral spacecraft launched into polar orbit in 1996 to collect Earth, Earth-limb, celestial-background, missile, and resident-space-object observations while demonstrating imaging technologies for space surveillance.
- First Flight Year
- 1,996
- Last Flight Year
- 1,998
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 05:11:08 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 05:11:08 UTC