Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability
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| name = Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability (TAOS)
| names_list = Space Test Experiment Platform 0 (STEP-0)
USA 101
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| COSPAR_ID = 1994-017A
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Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability (TAOS) (also known as Space Test Experiment Platform 0 (STEP 0) and USA101) was a satellite developed by the US Air Force's Phillips Laboratory (now part of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate) to test technology for autonomous operation of spacecraft.{{cite web | url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/taos.htm | title=Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability | accessdate=2008-08-03 | publisher=GlobalSecurity.org}}{{cite web | url=http://www.astronautix.com/s/step0taosp90-5.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613131020/http://www.astronautix.com/s/step0taosp90-5.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 13, 2017 | title=Encyclopedia Astronautica: TAOS | accessdate=2011-08-27 | publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica}}
The TAOS mission was operated by heritage Space Test and Development Wing and the 1st Space Operations Squadron.{{cite web|title=Schriever AFB Public Affairs: 1st Space Operations Squadron Fact Sheet|url=http://www.schriever.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3912|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412042641/http://www.schriever.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3912|archivedate=2009-04-12|url-status=dead|accessdate=2009-04-14}}
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