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Class: Technology. Nation: USSR. Aerobraking investigation; satellite provided by Russia, instruments by Utah State University; solar array shorted immediately following deployment and ended mission.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 250 kg.
Skipper Chronology
28 December 1995
Skipper Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M. Mass: 250 kg. Perigee: 804 km. Apogee: 813 km. Inclination: 98.6 deg. Aerobraking investigation; satellite provided by Russia, instruments by Utah State University; solar array shorted immediately following deployment and ended mission.
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
- 4 - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. HTML when accessed: ftp://sao-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/jcm/space/news
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