"One of the payloads is NASA's DSAC (Deep Space Atomic Clock), a technology demonstration mission to validate a miniaturized, ultra-precise mercury-ion atomic clock that is 100 times more stable than today?s best navigation clocks."
Research technologies needed to significantly advance Department of Defense (DoD) capabilities to operate spacecraft in the harsh radiation environment of MEO (Medium-Earth Orbits).
"3U CubeSat solar observatory in LEO (Low Earth Orbit), first spaceborne membrane telescope."
"Employs a two-way communications transponder to relay remote telemetry, sensor and user data from remote environmental experiments (in the ground segment) or other data sources back to experimenters via a global network of Internet linked volunteer ground stations."
Will serve as a cooperative imaging target for ground-based telescopes. Ground controllers at MTU will command the vehicle to perform various attitude maneuvers during overflights of these telescopes.
