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Other Designations: Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA.

Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite. Chemical release experiment.

Typical orbit: 335 km x 34739 km at 18 degrees inclination. Mass: 1,629 kg (3,591 lb).


CRRES Chronology
  • 1990 July 25 - CRRES - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC36B. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Mass: 1,629 kg (3,591 lb). Perigee: 335 km (208 mi). Apogee: 34,739 km (21,585 mi). Inclination: 18.00 deg. Period: 613.40 min.
    Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite. First launch of commercial Atlas-Centaur. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space. Elliptical orbit; MRS trajectory.


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