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BBXRT

Spacecraft · USA

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Broad Band X-ray Telescope, a Goddard Space Flight Center experiment carried on STS-35 in the ASTRO package.

Country
USA
Launch Vehicles
Space Shuttle

Chronology

1 event

1990 December 2

06:49 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39B. Launch Platform: MLP3. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.
  • BBXRT - . Payload: BBXRT/TAPS. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Program: STS. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle Attached Payloads. Spacecraft: BBXRT. Decay Date: 1990-12-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 20980 . COSPAR: 1990-106xx. Apogee: 361 km (224 mi). Perigee: 339 km (210 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 91.50 min.