Miranda

Success Science and Engineering Research Council, Scout D-1

Mission

Test Flight · LEO

British experimental satellite designed to test a three-axis gyro system for attitude control.

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
MIRANDA (X-4) 1974-013A Payload 659 × 818 km · 97.8° Globe
SCOUT D-1 DEB 1974-013D Debris re-entered 1983-05-04
SCOUT D-1 DEB 1974-013C Debris re-entered 1984-04-05
SCOUT D-1 R/B 1974-013B Rocket body 667 × 817 km · 97.8° Globe

COSPAR ID 1974-013 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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