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Eole
Credit - ESA

Class: Earth. Type: Weather. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: France. Agency: CNES.

Experimental weather satellite; received meteorological data from balloon network.

Typical orbit: 651 km x 836 km at 50 degrees inclination. Mass: 84 kg (185 lb).

Eole Chronology

1971 August 16 - Eole 1 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: LA3A. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Mass: 84 kg (185 lb). Perigee: 651 km (404 mi). Apogee: 836 km (519 mi). Inclination: 50.20 deg. Period: 99.70 min.
Experimental weather satellite; received meteorological data from balloon network. 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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