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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.
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to 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.
- NASA GSFC Orbital Parameters,
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