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Class: Technology. Nation: USA. Agency: Stanford University.

SAPPHIRE (a US DoD-funded microsatellite) was built by Stanford University students and carried experimental infrared horizon sensors, a voice synthesizer and a digital camera. The satellite was about 0.5m in size and had a mass of 16 kg.

Length: 0.50 m (1.64 ft). Maximum Diameter: 0.50 m (1.64 ft). Mass: 16 kg (35 lb).

Sapphire Chronology

2001 September 30 - Sapphire - Launch Site: Kodiak. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Athena. Mass: 67 kg (147 lb). Perigee: 794 km (493 mi). Apogee: 794 km (493 mi). Inclination: 67.00 deg.
SAPPHIRE (a US DoD-funded microsatellite) was built by Stanford University students and carried experimental infrared horizon sensors, a voice synthesizer and a digital camera. The satellite was about 0.5m in size and had a mass of 16 kg.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
National Space Science Center Planetary Page, As of 19 February 1999.. Web Address when accessed: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetary_home.html.

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