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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: Japan. Agency: Japan, NASA.

Measured magnetosphere and Earth's geomagnetic tail; Diffuse Ultraviolet Explorer package bolted to Delta 2 second stage. To investigate the structure and dynamics of the geomagnetic tail that extends on the nightside of the Earth. Launching states Japan and the United States of America. Launching organization NASA.

Typical orbit: 41363 km x 508542 km at 22 degrees inclination. Mass: 1,008 kg (2,222 lb).

Geotail Chronology

1992 July 24 - Geotail - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 1,008 kg (2,222 lb). Perigee: 57,448 km (35,696 mi). Apogee: 399,941 km (248,511 mi). Inclination: 18.00 deg. Period: 18,904.40 min.
Measured magnetosphere and Earth's geomagnetic tail. To investigate the structure and dynamics of the geomagnetic tail that extends on the nightside of the Earth. Launch time 1426 GMT. Launching states Japan and the United States of America. Launching organization NASA.

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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