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Global Electronic Messaging Satellite.

Mass: 113 kg (249 lb).

GemStar Chronology
  • 1995 August 15 - GemStar 1 (VitaSat) - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC6. Launch Vehicle: Athena. FAILURE: Destroyed by range safety 160 sec into flight after failure of thrust vector control system. Mass: 113 kg (249 lb).
    Global Electronic Messaging Satellite;.

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