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Class: Earth. Type: Geodetic. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: France. Agency: CNES.

Geodesic satellite.

Typical orbit: 805 km x 1108 km at 50 degrees inclination. Mass: 47 kg (103 lb).

Starlette Chronology

1975 February 6 - Starlette - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Diamant. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Mass: 47 kg (103 lb). Perigee: 805 km (500 mi). Apogee: 1,108 km (688 mi). Inclination: 49.80 deg. Period: 104.20 min.
Geodesic satellite.

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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