JAWSAT

The Joint Air Force-Weber State University Satellite (JAWSAT) is an American military mini-satellite launched aboard a Minotaur rocket on January 27, 2000 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California.^[1] After its own launch, JAWSAT deployed four microsatellites: FalconSAT-1, OCSE, OPAL, and ASUSat.^[2] JAWSAT also carried NASA's Plasma Experiment Satellite Test (PEST).

JAWSAT

COSPAR ID	2000-004A
SATCAT no.	26061
Start of mission
Launch date	January 27, 2000
Launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)

See also

• Weber-OSCAR 18

• Spaceflight portal

• 2000 in spaceflight

References

1. "Ham operators will get to help NASA with space experiment". NASA Science. November 4, 1999. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
2. "SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 555". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. February 1, 2000. Retrieved April 7, 2014.