Eureca 1

EUropean REtrievable CArrier

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General

Designation	22065 / 92049B
Launch date	31 Jul 1992
Country of origin	Europe
Mission	Scientific
Perigee/Apogee	484/509 km
Inclination	28.5°
Period	94.6 min
Launch vehicle	STS 46

Eureca was an ESA scientific satellite designed to be launched and retrieved by the Space Shuttle. It carried the first European inter-orbit communications (IOC) link to be conducted with Olympus.

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End of life

Decay

Retrieved by STS 57 on 1 Jul 1993

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External resources

http://www.esoc.esa.de/external/mso/eureca.html

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	MBB
Mass at launch	4450 kg
Payload mass	1000 kg
Dimension	4.5 x 2.3 x 2.7 m
Solar array	18 m span
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	5000 W

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Payload

Telemetry and data	S-band Ka-band (experimental/IOC)
Rates	uplink: 2 kbps downlink: 256 kbps

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