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Other Designations: Plasma Diagnostics Package. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

Plasma Diagnostics Package; released by STS 51F 8/1/85, retrieved 8/2/85.

Typical orbit: 311 km x 321 km at 50 degrees inclination. Mass: 285 kg (628 lb).

PDP Chronology

1985 July 29 - PDP - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Mass: 285 kg (628 lb). Perigee: 311 km (193 mi). Apogee: 321 km (199 mi). Inclination: 49.50 deg. Period: 90.90 min.
Plasma Diagnostics Package; released by STS 51F 8/1/85, retrieved 8/2/85.

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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