Explorer 60
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Explorer 60, also called as SAGE (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment) and was the second of the Applications Explorer Missions (AEM), AEM-B (Applications Explorer Mission-B), was a NASA scientific satellite launched on 18 February 1979, from Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) by a Scout D-1 launch vehicle.[3]
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Names | Explorer 60 AEM-B Applications Explorer Mission-B |
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Mission type | Earth science |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1979-013A |
SATCAT no. | 11270 |
Mission duration | 1 year (planned) 3 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Explorer LX |
Spacecraft type | Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment |
Bus | SAGE |
Manufacturer | Langley Research Center |
Launch mass | 148.7 kg (328 lb) |
Power | Solar panels and batteries |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 18 February 1979, 16:18 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Scout D-1 (S-202C) |
Launch site | Wallops, LA-3A |
Contractor | Vought |
Entered service | 18 February 1979 |
End of mission | |
Last contact | 7 January 1982 |
Decay date | 11 April 1989 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 547.5 km (340.2 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 660.2 km (410.2 mi) |
Inclination | 54.90° |
Period | 96.80 minutes |
Instruments | |
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) | |
Explorer program |
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