Microlab

Class: Earth. Type: Atmosphere. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: ???.

Lightning mapper; GPS radio occultation.

Typical orbit: 733 km x 747 km at 70 degrees inclination. Mass: 74 kg (163 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Pegasus.

Microlab Chronology

1995 April 3 - Microlab 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Pegasus. Mass: 74 kg (163 lb). Perigee: 733 km (455 mi). Apogee: 747 km (464 mi). Inclination: 70.00 deg. Period: 99.60 min.
Lightning mapper; GPS radio occultation.

Bibliography and Further Reading

JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Accessed at: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

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