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Class: Materials. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Wake Shield Facility; released and later retrieved by the Shuttle in a single mission; semiconductor materials research. Typical orbit: 377 km circular orbit, 28.5 deg inclination. Mass: 1,935 kg (4,265 lb).
WSF Chronology - 1995 September 7 - WSF 2 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Mass: 1,935 kg (4,265 lb). Perigee: 397 km (246 mi). Apogee: 405 km (251 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 92.60 min.
Wake Shield Facility; released by STS-69 9/11/95; retrieved 9/14/95; semiconductor materials research. Retrieved by Endeavour Sep 14
- 1996 November 19 - WSF - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Perigee: 347 km (215 mi). Apogee: 359 km (223 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 91.60 min.
Retrieved Nov 26
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- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- NASA GSFC Orbital Parameters,
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