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Class: Earth. Type: Atmosphere. Destination: Sun Synchronous Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

Heat Capacity Mapping Mission; produced thermal maps of atmosphere. Studied dust, liquid droplets in upper atmosphere.

Typical orbit: 560 km x 641 km at 98 degrees inclination. Mass: 134 kg (295 lb).

AEM Chronology

1978 April 26 - HCMM - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC5. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Mass: 134 kg (295 lb). Perigee: 560 km (340 mi). Apogee: 641 km (398 mi). Inclination: 97.60 deg. Period: 96.70 min.
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission; prodeuced thermal maps of atmosphere. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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