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Other Designations: Orbital Test Satellite. Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Destination: Geosynchronous Orbit. Nation: Europe. Agency: ESA.

Communications experiments satellite of the European Space Agency.

Typical orbit: 36084 km x 36132 km at 9 degrees inclination. Mass: 865 kg (1,906 lb).

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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