Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
UV astronomy. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1975-092; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 27 September 1975, 08:37 UTC
- Launch location
- Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise
- Launch vehicle
- Diamant BP.4
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 28 December 1976
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
D2B Aura
UV astronomy.
- GCAT ID
- S08332
- Manufacturer
- Soc. nat. industrielle Aerospatiale (SNIAS), GT Cannes
- Launch mass
- 107 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.8 m long · 0.7 m diameter · 3.5 m span
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