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Class: Calibration. Nation: USA. Agency: Weber State College. Air traffic control radar calibration.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 52 kg.
NUSAT Chronology
29 April 1985
NUSAT-1 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Mass: 52 kg. Perigee: 345 km. Apogee: 354 km. Inclination: 57.0 deg. Air traffic control radar calibration. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
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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