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Class: Solar. Nation: Italy. Agency: Italy, NASA.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 174 kg.
SAS Chronology
12 December 1970
Explorer 42 Program: Explorer. Launch Site: San Marco . Launch Vehicle: Scout B. Mass: 143 kg. Perigee: 521 km. Apogee: 570 km. Inclination: 3.0 deg. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
15 November 1972
Explorer 48 Program: Explorer. Launch Site: San Marco . Launch Vehicle: Scout D. Mass: 185 kg. Perigee: 526 km. Apogee: 526 km. Inclination: 1.0 deg. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
07 May 1975
Explorer 53 Program: Explorer. Launch Site: San Marco . Launch Vehicle: Scout F. Mass: 195 kg. Perigee: 498 km. Apogee: 507 km. Inclination: 3.0 deg. 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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