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Other Designations: Meteoroid Technology Satellite. Class: Earth. Type: Micrometeoroid. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

Micrometeoroid tests.

Typical orbit: 492 km x 811 km at 38 degrees inclination. Mass: 136 kg (299 lb).

MTS Chronology

1972 August 13 - Explorer 46 - Program: Explorer. Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: LA3A. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Mass: 136 kg (299 lb). Perigee: 492 km (305 mi). Apogee: 811 km (503 mi). Inclination: 37.70 deg. Period: 97.70 min.
Micrometeoroid tests. 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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