{"id":5863,"date":"2025-03-20T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/general-atomics-otb-satellite-achieves-mission-success-after-five-years-in-orbit\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:30:10","slug":"general-atomics-otb-satellite-achieves-mission-success-after-five-years-in-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/general-atomics-otb-satellite-achieves-mission-success-after-five-years-in-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"General Atomics OTB Satellite Achieves Mission Success After Five Years in Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/General_atomics_OTB_cover_638780086833016931.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"General Atomics OTB Satellite Achieves Mission Success After Five Years in Orbit\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/General_atomics_OTB_cover_638780086833016931.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/General_atomics_OTB_cover_638780086833016931.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS)<\/strong> announced that the Orbital Test Bed satellite (OTB) launched in June of 2019 has successfully completed its five-year mission. The OTB spacecraft will now begin its estimated two-decade deorbit phase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOTB began an exciting chapter for GA-EMS as this was the first launch of our GA-150 spacecraft hosting multiple payloads on a single satellite to simultaneously demonstrate new technologies and accelerate innovations for space exploration,\u201d said <strong>Scott Forney<\/strong><strong>, president of GA-EMS<\/strong>. \u201cAs the OTB mission winds down, we are extremely proud of our team and the role the satellite has played in demonstrating and space-qualifying each customer\u2019s payload and technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are Satellite Payloads?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>GA-EMS\u2019 OTB spacecraft hosted multiple payloads, including NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate\u2019s Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), which was designed and built by NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to support deep space navigation and exploration. The DSAC demonstration validated the stability, performance, and capability of an atomic clock to enable spacecraft to safely navigate independently in space rather than waiting for trajectory information from Earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the DSAC mission concluded, GA-EMS continued flying the spacecraft allowing us to continue receiving valuable telemetry data and performance information from the spacecraft to assist with numerous projects, including other GA-150 satellite programs on-orbit and those scheduled for future launch,\u201d said <strong>Gregg Burgess<\/strong><strong>, vice president of GA-EMS Space Systems<\/strong>. \u201cOTB was an important knowledge and training resource for our team as the spacecraft met all its lifetime goals and objectives in an operationally challenging inclination and altitude, performing well above expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to DSAC, OTB onboard payloads included a Modular Solar Array developed for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); an Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer sensor payload developed by cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy; the RadMon next generation radiation effects monitor; the FlexRX programmable satellite receiver; and over 150 Celestis-provided cremains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that the Orbital Test Bed satellite (OTB) launched in June of 2019 has successfully completed its five-year mission. The OTB spacecraft will now begin its estimated two-decade deorbit phase. \u201cOTB began an exciting chapter for GA-EMS as this was the first launch of our GA-150 spacecraft hosting multiple payloads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-5863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}