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Class: Technology. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force.

Space Test Program; technology experiments.

Typical orbit: 738 km x 761 km at 93 degrees inclination. Mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb).

ASTEX Chronology

1971 October 17 - ASTEX - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC1W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Perigee: 738 km (458 mi). Apogee: 761 km (472 mi). Inclination: 92.70 deg. Period: 99.80 min.
Space Test Program; technology experiments. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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