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Class: Technology. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: France. Agency: CNES.

Test satellite.

Typical orbit: 486 km x 40038 km at 64 degrees inclination. Mass: 23 kg (50 lb).

SRET Chronology

1972 April 4 - SRET 1 - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC43/4. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Mass: 15 kg (33 lb). Perigee: 458 km (284 mi). Apogee: 39,250 km (24,380 mi). Inclination: 65.60 deg. Period: 704.70 min.
Test satellite. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

1975 June 5 - SRET 2 - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Mass: 30 kg (66 lb). Perigee: 513 km (318 mi). Apogee: 40,825 km (25,367 mi). Inclination: 62.80 deg. Period: 737.80 min.
SRET 2 technological research and study satellite. Launched from Soviet Union with a Soviet launch vehicle with the Molniya satellite. Mass 30 kg. Study of the behaviour of a passive cryogenic radiation system, study of the aging of thermal casings and pl astic films.

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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