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CRCSS
Australian manufacturer of spacecraft. Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems, Australia.
Country:
Australia.
Spacecraft:
Isis,
CTS,
FedSat.
1969 January 30 - .
06:46 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Vandenberg.
Launch Complex:
Vandenberg SLC2E.
LV Family:
Thor.
Launch Vehicle:
Thor Delta E1.
- Isis 1 - .
Payload: Isis A. Mass: 241 kg (531 lb). Nation: Canada.
Agency: CRCSS.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: Isis.
USAF Sat Cat: 3669 . COSPAR: 1969-009A. Apogee: 3,458 km (2,148 mi). Perigee: 578 km (359 mi). Inclination: 88.40 deg. Period: 127.60 min. Ionospheric measurements; data correlated with measurements from Alouette 1. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B). .
1971 April 1 - .
02:57 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Vandenberg.
Launch Complex:
Vandenberg SLC2E.
LV Family:
Thor.
Launch Vehicle:
Thor Delta E1.
- Isis 2 - .
Payload: Isis B. Mass: 264 kg (582 lb). Nation: Canada.
Agency: CRCSS.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: Isis.
USAF Sat Cat: 5104 . COSPAR: 1971-024A. Apogee: 1,424 km (884 mi). Perigee: 1,358 km (843 mi). Inclination: 88.20 deg. Period: 113.60 min. Ionospheric research. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B). .
1976 January 17 - .
23:27 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral.
Launch Complex:
Cape Canaveral LC17B.
LV Family:
Thor.
Launch Vehicle:
Delta 2914.
2002 December 14 - .
23:04 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Tanegashima.
Launch Complex:
Tanegashima Y.
LV Family:
H-2.
Launch Vehicle:
H-IIA 202.
- FedSat - .
Mass: 58 kg (127 lb). Nation: Australia.
Agency: CSS.
Manufacturer: CRCSS.
Class: Communications.
Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: FedSat.
USAF Sat Cat: 27599 . COSPAR: 2002-056C. Apogee: 805 km (500 mi). Perigee: 791 km (491 mi). Inclination: 98.70 deg. Period: 100.80 min.
FedSat contained high-tech communication, space science, navigation and computing equipment and was intended to help bring broadband Internet services to remote parts of Australia. Data from its three-year mission was to be shared between Japan and Australia.
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