Status of the Third Miniature Sensor Technology Integration Satellite Mission

The MSTI-3 satellite is the third in a series established to test, in realistic scenarios, miniature spacecraft and sensor technologies for missile detection and tracking on low-cost, low-earth orbit technology demonstration satellites. Cooperative demonstrations are planned to combine MSTI-provided target track file information, with interceptor technology tests, to fully demonstrate technologies associated with theater missile defense (TMO) targeting. The program is sponsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) and executed by a government/industry team led by the Air Force Phillips Laboratories' Space Experiments Directorate operating location at Edwards Air Force Base.