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Class: Military. Type: Target. Nation: USA. Agency: Weber State College.

Air traffic control radar calibration.

Typical orbit: 345 km x 354 km at 57 degrees inclination. Mass: 52 kg (114 lb).

NUSAT Chronology

1985 April 29 - NUSAT-1 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Mass: 52 kg (114 lb). Perigee: 345 km (214 mi). Apogee: 354 km (219 mi). Inclination: 57.00 deg. Period: 91.50 min.
Air traffic control radar calibration. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

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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