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Class: Technology. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA-GSFC.

GPS receiver, amateur radio tests; examined effect of solar radiation on satellite explosive devices; deployed from STS 72 1/14/96; retrieved 1/16/96.

Typical orbit: 306 km circular orbit, 28.5 deg inclination.


OAST-Flyer Chronology
  • 1996 January 11 - OAST-Flyer - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Perigee: 301 km (187 mi). Apogee: 311 km (193 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 90.60 min.
    GPS receiver, amateur radio tests; examined effect of solar radiation on satellite explosive devices; deployed from STS 72 1/14/96; retrieved 1/16/96.


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