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Class: Earth. Type: Atmosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: ???. Lightning mapper; GPS radio occultation.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 74 kg.
Microlab Chronology
03 April 1995
Microlab 1 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Pegasus. Mass: 74 kg. Perigee: 733 km. Apogee: 747 km. Inclination: 70.0 deg. Lightning mapper; GPS radio occultation.
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
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