STARLETTE
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Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
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Country
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Manufacturer
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Launched
Feb 6, 1975
Mass
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Apogee
1,114 km
Perigee
813 km
Inclination
49.82°
Period
1.74 h
Launch
Launched on Feb 6, 1975 from Diamant Launch Area, French Guiana aboard a Diamant BP4.
Diamant BP4 | Starlette →Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Starlette and Stella are nearly identical French geodetic and geophysical satellites. Starlette was launched on 6 February 1975 and Stella on 26 September 1993. Starlette was the first passive laser satellite developed.
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