Spartan 201-F3

USA

Launch data:

Designation	23668 / 95048B
Launch date	07 Sep 1995 - 15:09:00 UT
Launch site	KSC, LC-39A
Launch vehicle	Schuttle STS-69
Mission	Scientific: Sun study
Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee	368 x 376
Inclination	28.46 deg
Period	91.99
Mass at launch	2209 kg

Put in orbit by crew on Sep 08, 1995 at 16:43 UT.
Carried the IEH-1 (International EUV Hitchhiker) built by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. This includes a solar EUV telescope (SEH), and an Italian-US EUV telescope, UVSTAR, which will observe a variety of astronomical targets in the 500-1250A range. Prime target for this mission is Io plasma torus around Jupiter. Comet 6P/D'Arrest, currently near perihelion, may also be observed. UVSTAR has two 0.3 m telescopes.

The spacecraft also carried the GLO-3 airglow experiment in a canister and the CONCAP materials processing experiment in another canister.

End of life

Cause	Retrieved by the Shuttle
Reentry	18 Sep 1995

Ref: #7, #15, #207 - update: 24.10.04