| Mass | |
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| Spacecraft Bus | 598.4 kg |
| Fuel | 387.7 kg |
| Science Payload | 75.8 kg |
| Total (at Launch) | 1,061.9 kg |
| Spacecraft Size | |
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| Body | approximately 1.5 m square by 3 m high |
| Solar Panels | extended, about 12 m tip-to-tip |
| Antenna and Boom | HGA 1.5m dia. on 2m boom |
| Basic Attitude Control Design | Three axis control system using reaction wheels and twelve 4.45N thrusters |
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| Pointing | Performance requirements |
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| Stability | 1 milliradian (for 0.5 second); 3 milliradians (for 12 seconds) |
| Control | 10 milliradians |
| Knowledge | 3 milliradians |
| Command Rate | 12.5 commands per second (maximum) |
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| Data Rates | |
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| Uplink | 500 bits per second (maximum) |
| Downlink | 85.3 kilobits per second (maximum) |
| Downlink Radio Frequency Power | 26 watts |
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| Solid State Recorders | 3-gigabit capacity (total) |
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| Solar Arrays | 4 panels/ total output power 980 watts (maximum) |
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