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Other Designations: Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA.

Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite. Chemical release experiment.

Typical orbit: 335 km x 34739 km at 18 degrees inclination. Mass: 1,629 kg (3,591 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Atlas I.

CRRES Chronology

1990 July 25 - CRRES - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Mass: 1,629 kg (3,591 lb). Perigee: 335 km (208 mi). Apogee: 34,739 km (21,585 mi). Inclination: 18.00 deg. Period: 613.40 min.
Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite. First launch of commercial Atlas-Centaur. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space. Elliptical orbit; MRS trajectory.

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.
Lockheed Martin Coporation, Atlas Family Fact Sheets, September 1998.. Web Address when accessed: http://www.lmco.com/ILS/txtmain/ils_lsysinfo.htm.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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