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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USA. Chemical release experiment.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 178 kg.
Pegsat Chronology
05 April 1990
Pegsat Launch Site: Edwards . Launch Vehicle: Pegasus. Mass: 178 kg. Perigee: 401 km. Apogee: 507 km. Inclination: 94.1 deg. Chemical release experiment. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
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
- 279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html
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