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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Geophysical Research Satellite; space gas data.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 99 kg.
GRS Chronology
28 June 1963
GRS Launch Site: Wallops Island . Launch Vehicle: Scout X-4. Mass: 99 kg. Perigee: 413 km. Apogee: 1,306 km. Inclination: 49.7 deg. Geophysical Research Satellite; space gas data. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
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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