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Other Designations: Radiation Meteoroid. Class: Earth. Type: Micrometeoroid. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space.

Typical orbit: 303 km x 526 km at 37 degrees inclination. Mass: 46 kg (101 lb).

RM Chronology

1968 August 16 - RM-18 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. FAILURE: Failure.

1970 November 9 - RM-1; RMS - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: LA3A. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Mass: 46 kg (101 lb). Perigee: 303 km (188 mi). Apogee: 526 km (326 mi). Inclination: 37.40 deg. Period: 92.70 min.
Radiation Meteoroid. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

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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