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Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: Orbcomm.

Experimental spacecraft.

Typical orbit: 731 km x 794 km at 25 degrees inclination. Mass: 15 kg (33 lb).

CDS Chronology

1993 February 9 - Orbcomm OXP-1 - Launch Site: Mayport DZ. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Pegasus. Mass: 15 kg (33 lb). Perigee: 731 km (454 mi). Apogee: 794 km (493 mi). Inclination: 25.00 deg. Period: 100.10 min.
Experimental spacecraft. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

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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