WRESAT

Success Weapons Research Establishment, SPARTA

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Australian satellite carrying four astrophysics experiments.

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to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padRAAF Woomera Range Complex
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Rocket and boosterSPARTA
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SPARTA

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MissionAstrophysics · LEO

Astrophysics · LEO

What it put in orbit1 catalogued object
ObjectTypeOrbit
WRESAT 1967-118A Payload re-entered 1968-01-10

COSPAR ID 1967-118. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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