Spartan 201-5

USA

Launch data:

Designation	25521 / 98064C
Launch date	29 Oct 1998 - 19:19 UT Deployed on 01 Nov 1998 - 17:03 UT
Launch site	KSC, LC-39B
Launch vehicle	Shuttle STS-95
Mission	SOHO / Solar physics, Astronomy
Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee	550 km
Inclination	28.5°
Period	95.8 min
Mass at launch	1360 kg

This is the re-flight of Spartan 201-4 which was not successful.

Mission details:

The Spartan 201 satellite was deployed from Discovery STS-95 on Nov 1, 1998 and retrieved on Nov 3. Spartan 201 is on its fifth mission to observe the solar corona, and this time will be used to recalibrate the SOHO satellite which recently resumed observations of the Sun.

End of life

Out of service	7 Nov 1998
Cause	Retrieved by STS

Ref: #7(JR379), #15 - update: 24.10.04