Asterix

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Asterix

Class: Technology. Nation: France. Agency: France(Asterix).

First French satellite. Launched from Hammaguir (Algeria) in order to test the "Diamant" launching vehicle for the first time.

Specification

Total Mass: 42 kg.

Asterix Chronology

26 November 1965 Asterix 1 Launch Site: Hammaguira . Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Mass: 42 kg. Perigee: 527 km. Apogee: 1,697 km. Inclination: 34.3 deg.

First French satellite. French scientific satellite 'A-I'. Launched from Hammaguir (Algeria) in rder to test the 'Diamant' launching vehicle for the first time.

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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