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Other Designations: Satellite pour Astronomie Radio Amateur. Class: Astronomy. Type: Radio. Destination: Sun Synchronous Orbit. Nation: France. Agency: SSTL.

Radioastronomy.

Typical orbit: 756 km x 764 km at 99 degrees inclination. Mass: 26 kg (57 lb).

SARA Chronology

1991 July 17 - SARA - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: ELA2. Launch Vehicle: Ariane. Mass: 26 kg (57 lb). Perigee: 756 km (469 mi). Apogee: 764 km (474 mi). Inclination: 98.50 deg. Period: 100.00 min.
Radioastronomy.

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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