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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Released barium cloud.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 350 kg.
CAMEO Chronology
13 October 1978
CAMEO Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Delta 2914. Mass: 350 kg. Perigee: 923 km. Apogee: 966 km. Inclination: 99.7 deg. Released barium cloud. Spent boosters, spent maneuvering stages, shrouds and other non-functional objects (US Cat D).
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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