CTA

home
topic index

Class: Technology. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Canada. Agency: CSA.

Canadian Target Assembly; deployed from STS-52 10/22/92.

Typical orbit: 212 km x 219 km at 29 degrees inclination. Mass: 82 kg (180 lb).

CTA Chronology

1992 October 22 - CTA - Program: STS. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Mass: 82 kg (180 lb). Perigee: 212 km (131 mi). Apogee: 219 km (136 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 88.80 min.
Canadian Target Assembly; deployed from STS-52 10/22/92.

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.

Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments.