OAST Flyer

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OAST Flyer
Organization NASA-Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (United States)
Mission type Communications,Navigation & Global Positioning,Solar Physics
Launch date January 11, 1996 (1996-01-11)
Launch vehicle STS-72
Carrier rocket Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1996-001B
Mass 1320 kg
Alternate Names SPARTAN-206
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OAST Flyer (NASA's Office of Aeronautical and Space Technology Flyer) is an American minispacecraft that was released from the shuttle STS 72. It carried 4 experimental packages: to measure spacecraft contamination levels at low-earth orbits, to test GPS equipment, to test amateur radio gear, and finally to determine the effects of solar radiation on the explosives aboard satellite systems.