The COSMIC constellation of six satellites was launched successfully from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:40 p.m. PDT (9:40 p.m. EDT) on Friday, April 14, 2006. Ground stations have received signals from all six satellites.
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Spacecraft
The 6 FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC spacecraft are based on the Orbital MicroStar bus.
The FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC spacecraft are around 70 Kg each, and are nadir pointing and fixed yaw.
The following link describes the spacecraft in more detail:
http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html
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