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Operator
  
AFRL

SATCAT no.
  
23030

COSPAR ID
  
1994-017A

Bus
  
LEOStar

TAOS

Names
  
Space Test Experiment Platform 0 (STEP-0) USA 101

Mission type
  
Technology demonstrator


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.

The TAOS mission was operated by heritage Space Test and Development Wing and the 1st Space Operations Squadron.

References

TAOS Wikipedia