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Class: Earth. Type: Geodetic. Destination: Sun Synchronous Orbit. Nation: France. Agency: CNES.

Laser reflectors.

Typical orbit: 793 km x 803 km at 99 degrees inclination. Mass: 48 kg (105 lb).

STELLA Chronology

1993 September 26 - Stella - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: ELA2. Launch Vehicle: Ariane. Mass: 48 kg (105 lb). Perigee: 797 km (495 mi). Apogee: 805 km (500 mi). Inclination: 98.30 deg. Period: 100.90 min.
Laser reflectors.

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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