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Class: Military. Type: Target. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force.

Radar calibration.

Typical orbit: 751 km x 884 km at 90 degrees inclination. Mass: 95 kg (209 lb).

Radcal Chronology

1993 June 25 - Radcal - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC5. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Mass: 95 kg (209 lb). Perigee: 753 km (467 mi). Apogee: 882 km (548 mi). Inclination: 89.60 deg. Period: 101.20 min.
Radar calibration. 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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