User:Jerel M/Student Nitric Oxide Explorer
 SNOE satellite | |||||||||
| Names | Explorer 72, STEDI 1 | ||||||||
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| Mission type | Atmospheric research | ||||||||
| Operator | CU Boulder (LASP)[1] | ||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 1998-012A | ||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 25223 | ||||||||
| Website | lasp | ||||||||
| Mission duration | Final: 5 years, 9 months, 17 days | ||||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||
| Manufacturer | CU Boulder (LASP)[1] | ||||||||
| Launch mass | 115 kg (254 lb) | ||||||||
| Dimensions | 1.0 × 0.9 m (3.2 × 3.1 ft)[2] | ||||||||
| Power | 37 watts | ||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||
| Launch date | February 26, 1998, 07:07 UTC[3] | ||||||||
| Rocket | Pegasus XL HAPS F20 | ||||||||
| Launch site | Vandenberg (Stargazer) | ||||||||
| Contractor | Orbital Sciences | ||||||||
| End of mission | |||||||||
| Disposal | Atmospheric reentry | ||||||||
| Decay date | ≈December 13, 2003, 09:34 UTC[1] | ||||||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Regime | Sun-synchronous | ||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.00324 | ||||||||
| Perigee altitude | 535 km (332 mi) | ||||||||
| Apogee altitude | 580 km (360 mi) | ||||||||
| Inclination | 97.7° | ||||||||
| Period | 95.80 minutes | ||||||||
| Epoch | February 26, 1998, 02:07 UTC[3] | ||||||||
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The Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE) is a small earth orbiting atmospheric research NASA spacecraft. SNOE ("snowy") launched on February 26, 1998, and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on Dec. 13, 2003.
See also
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[edit]Category:Artificial satellites orbiting Earth Category:1998 in spaceflight
- ^ a b c Wade, Mark. "SNOE". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "Launch vehicle dynamic envelope diagram". University of Colorado Boulder. Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ a b "SNOE - Trajectory Details". National Space Science Data Center. NASA. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
