Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
UV spectra. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1978-012; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 26 January 1978, 17:36:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 2914
- Orbit
- Synchronous transfer orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 30 September 1996
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
IUE
UV spectra.
- GCAT ID
- S10637
- Manufacturer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch mass
- 434 kg
- Propulsion
- Star 24C
- Dimensions
- 4.2 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 4.3 m span
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