- TAOS (satellite)
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Name = TAOS
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Organization =AFRL
Major_Contractors =Orbital Sciences
Bus =LEOStar
Mission_Type = Technology demonstrator
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Launch =March 13 ,1994
Launch_Vehicle = Taurus
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Launch_Site =Vandenberg AFB
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NSSDC_ID = 1994-017A
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Mass = 502 kg
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IMG_Resolution =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. [cite web | url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/taos.htm | title=Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability | accessdate=2008-08-03 | publisher=GlobalSecurity.org]
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