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Class: Military. Type: SDI. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Typical orbit: 585 km circular orbit, 63.5 deg inclination. Mass: 180 kg (390 lb).
Eagle Chronology - 1994 May 19 - STEP 2 (SIDEX) - Program: STEP. Launch Site: Point Arguello WADZ. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Pegasus. Mass: 180 kg (390 lb). Perigee: 597 km (370 mi). Apogee: 813 km (505 mi). Inclination: 82.00 deg. Period: 98.90 min.
Did not achieve planned orbit, though still useful. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
- 1994 June 27 - STEP 1 - Program: STEP. Launch Site: Point Arguello WADZ. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Pegasus. FAILURE: Destroyed on launch. Apogee: 38 km (23 mi).
Destroyed on launch
- 1997 October 22 - STEP-4 - Program: STEP. Launch Site: Wallops Island DZ. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Pegasus. Perigee: 432 km (268 mi). Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). Inclination: 45.00 deg. Period: 93.80 min.
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Web Address when accessed: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
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