Spacecraft n°: |
USA satellite n°: |
Also called USA 106 and DMSP 5D F12 or DMSP 23545
Launch data:
| Designation
|
23233
/ 94057A
|
|
Launch
date
|
29
Aug 1994 at 17:38 UT
|
| Launch site | Va, SLC-3W |
| Launch vehicle |
Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS |
| Mission
|
Military: meteorology
|
| Earth orbit on: |
|
Perigee/Apogee
|
840/860
km
|
|
Inclination
|
98.9°
|
|
Period
|
101.9
min
|
It carries instruments to measure energetic particles in the magnetosphere and
photometers to scan auroral displays.
Spacecraft data:
| Prime contractor | LM Asqtro Space |
| Platform | based on Tiros N bus |
| Operator | |
| Mass at launch | 750 kg? |
| Dry Mass | kg |
| Basic shape | |
| Dimension (m) | dia: 1.68m, height: 6.4m |
| Solar array | |
| Stabilization | |
| DC power | |
| Design lifetime | |
Ref: #15 - update: 23.05.09