Spartan 201-1

USA

Launch data:

Designation 22623 / 93023B
Launch date08 Apr 1993
Launch site KSC, LC-39B
Launch vehicle  Shuttle STS 56
MissionScientific: high atmosphere and Sun study
Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee 291/298 km
Inclination 57°
Period 90.4 min
Mass at launch 1290 kg

It carried an ultraviolet coronagraph and a white light coronagraph for studies of the Sun.
Set out by crew on Apr 11, 1993 at 06:11 UT.

End of life

Cause Retrieved by the Shuttle
Decay 13 Apr 1993

Ref: #1, #15, #207 - update: 24.10.04