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New Mexico State University, USA.
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Chronology
2 events
1960 June 1
Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Apache.- Test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: New Mexico. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi).
2004 December 21
21:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC37B. Launch Pad: SLC37B. LV Family: Delta IV. Launch Vehicle: Delta 4H.- 3CSat 1 Sparkie - .
Payload: Nanosat 2. Mass: 15 kg (33 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF.
Manufacturer: New Mexico.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: 3CSat.
COSPAR: 2004-050x.
One of a pair of student-built nanosats for stero cloud imagery. The satellites did not contact the ground after separation from the booster in a lower-than-planned orbit and their fate was unclear. It was believed that they separated but re-entered rapidly from the 105 km perigee orbit.