IRT

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General

Designation	14689 / 84011C
Launch date	5 Feb 1984
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Scientific
Perigee/Apogee	279/288 km
Inclination	28.5°
Period	90.2 min
Launch vehicle	STS 11

IRT was a inflatable balloon to be used as a rendezvous target to get practise for shuttle rendezvous manoeuvres. IRT blow appart shortly after beeing released.

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End of life

Cause	Retrieved by the Shuttle
Decay	11 Feb 1984

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