STEX turned off in June

Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:15:42 -0500

This is a little late, sorry, but I thought it would be of interest to those
who might be tracking STEX, which was testing some electrical thrusters.


SPACE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENT SATELLITE COMPLETES MISSION
June 18, 1999
The National Reconnaissance Office's Space Technology Experiment Satellite,
known as STEX, successfully tested over two dozen advanced technology
subsystems for satellite before being turned off in early June.