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ACTS Experiments Operations Concluded
On May 31, 2000 the ACTS Experiments Program officially came
to a close. After the satellite's launch in September 1993
and two-and-a-half month on-orbit system checkout, the Experiments
program began on December 1, 1993. Experiments were continuously
supported for 78 months of operations. The conclusion of the
Experiments Program was celebrated at the recent 6th Ka-band
Utilization Conference held in Cleveland, Ohio on May 31-June
2, 2000. The first day of this conference was devoted to presenting
results from the ACTS Project Experiments and spacecraft operations.
The satellite supported 103 experiments and over 80 demonstrations.
The 103 experiments were proposed by 61 unique principal investigator
(PI) organizations coming from government, industry, or academia.
Of the 103 selected experiments over the whole program, 50%
were from government organizations, 34% from industry, and
16% from academia. Experiment hours on the spacecraft totaled
over 74,000 throughout the whole program.
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