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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Destination: Sun Synchronous Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

Released barium cloud.

Typical orbit: 923 km x 966 km at 100 degrees inclination. Mass: 350 kg (770 lb).

CAMEO Chronology

1978 October 24 - CAMEO - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 350 kg (770 lb). Perigee: 924 km (574 mi). Apogee: 968 km (601 mi). Inclination: 99.40 deg. Period: 104.00 min.
Released barium cloud.

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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