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Other Designations: Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized Magnetically Damped Satellite. Class: Technology. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA-GSFC. Passive attitude control technology test. Deployed from shuttle STS-77 on 5/22/96; Re-entered Oct 26. Typical orbit: 135 km circular orbit, 39 deg inclination.
PAMS Chronology - 1996 May 19 - PAMS STU - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Perigee: 132 km (82 mi). Apogee: 138 km (85 mi). Inclination: 39.00 deg. Period: 87.20 min.
LEO. Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized Magnetically Damped Satellite; deployed from STS 77 5/22/96; attitude control technology test. Reentered Oct 26.
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