Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
X-ray telescope. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1983-051; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 26 May 1983, 15:18 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 3914
- Orbit
- Deep-space Earth orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 9 April 1986
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Exosat
X-ray telescope.
- GCAT ID
- S14095
- Manufacturer
- MBB/COSM
- Launch mass
- 510 kg
- Propulsion
- AOCS
- Dimensions
- 1.4 m long · 2.1 m diameter · 3.2 m span
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