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Class: Earth. Type: Geodetic. Nation: France. Laser reflectors.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 48 kg.
STELLA Chronology
26 September 1993
Stella Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 4. Mass: 48 kg. Perigee: 793 km. Apogee: 803 km. Inclination: 98.7 deg. Laser reflectors.
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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