Launch data:
| Designation
|
14689
/ 84011C
|
|
Launch
date
| 03
Feb 1984 - 13:00 UT |
| Launch site | KSC, LC-39A |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle STS 11 |
| Mission
|
Scientific
|
| Earth orbit on: |
|
Perigee/Apogee
|
279/288
km
|
|
Inclination
|
28.5°
|
|
Period
|
90.2
min
|
IRT was a inflatable balloon to be used as a rendezvous target to get practise
for shuttle rendezvous manoeuvres. IRT blow appart shortly after beeing
released.
Put in space by crew of STS41B on Feb 05, 1984.
End of life
|
Cause
|
Retrieved
by the Shuttle
|
|
Decay
|
11
Feb 1984 |
Ref: #1, #15 - update: 06.08.08