AGILE

retired

Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 2007-013ALaunched 4/23/2007

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: AGILE/AAM
Launch Vehicle: PSLV CA
Launch Date: 4/23/2007
Last Contact: 1/18/2024

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 537.5 km
Inclination: 2.47 deg
Dry Mass: 352 kg
Total Mass: 352 kg

Payload Classification

Organizations

Operator: Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Manufacturer: Carlo Gavazzi Space

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2007-013A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/538

Mentions

153

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

The Air Force’s latest Space C2 effort uses agile software development methods to incrementally deliver updates.

CapabilityValue 2.0Oct 30, 2019GAO report critical of Air Force space command and control program

The Air Force issued a request for information for the Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON) on 2018-12-14, with responses due 2019-01-18.

Plan

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The Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON)-45 mission had been originally awarded to Vector Launch on 2019-08-07.

RelationshipsPlanValue 3.8Sep 9, 2019Vector relinquishes Air Force launch contract, mission re-awarded to Aevum

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Vector a $3,400,000 contract on 2019-08-07 for the Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON) 45 mission.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.7Aug 24, 2019Vector’s setback not seen as a broader industry problem

Vector won a $3,400,000 U.S. Air Force contract for the Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON)-45 mission under the Small Rocket Program-Orbital (SRP-O).

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.6Aug 9, 2019Vector replaces CEO, suspends operations amid financial problems

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center requested Defense Innovation Unit assistance in 2017 to work with emerging small launch providers following a $15,000,000 Congressional insertion for the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.3Jun 20, 2019SpinLaunch joins cadre of small launch companies DoD wants to try out

Rocket Lab launched three experimental Air Force satellites to orbit on 2019-05-05 as the first of five missions planned for 2019 under the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 20, 2019SpinLaunch joins cadre of small launch companies DoD wants to try out

GAO believes an independent assessment of the OCX schedule should be performed by the end of 2019, coinciding with Raytheon’s planned full implementation of a new agile software development methodology.

PlanGeneralValue 3.2May 28, 2019GAO in a spat with Raytheon over critical report of GPS ground control system

Congress started the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative with $15,000,000 added to the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 budget and the program grew to $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2019.

FinancialGrowthLegalValue 4.0Apr 3, 2019Air Force touts deal with Rocket Lab as a new way of buying ‘affordable rides to space’

Congress allocated $14,500,000 to the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative in fiscal year 2017.

FinancialPlanValue 3.5Apr 3, 2019Rocket Lab to launch Air Force satellites

The Rocket Lab launch is one of five launches planned in 2019 under the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Apr 3, 2019Air Force touts deal with Rocket Lab as a new way of buying ‘affordable rides to space’

NorthStar Earth and Space plans to establish several AGILE Centers (Applications for Global Innovation and Leadership) around the world with the first opening in Montreal, Canada in 2021.

PlanGrowthValue 3.8Nov 16, 2018LEO startup raises $39.5 million for constellation to watch Earth and space

KVH’s Agile subscription plans offer unlimited data at 10 megabits per second upstream and 3 megabits per second downstream and include free or subsidized VSAT installation.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 10, 2018Inmarsat battles to maintain leadership in connecting the high seas