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COS-B
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Class: Technology. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: Europe. Agency: ESA.

CERS/ESRO satellite, first European Space Agency satellite.

Typical orbit: 442 km x 99002 km at 90 degrees inclination. Mass: 280 kg (610 lb).

COS Chronology

1975 August 9 - COS-B; COS B - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 280 kg (610 lb). Perigee: 442 km (274 mi). Apogee: 99,002 km (61,516 mi). Inclination: 90.30 deg. Period: 2,203.90 min.
Eighth CERS/ESRO satellite, first European Space Agency satellite. Launch time 0147:59 GMT. Argument of perigee 344.7 deg. Also registered by the United States in A/AC.105/INF.331 as 1975-72A, category B satellite with orbit 2203.9 min, 442 x 99002 km x 9 0.3 deg.

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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