LDEF

Long Duration Exposure Facility

General

Designation	14898 / 84034B
Launch date	6 Apr 1984
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Scientific: Meteorite observation
Perigee/Apogee	344/348 km
Inclination	28.5°
Period	91.5 min
Launch vehicle	STS 13

Mass at retrieval: 10.5 t with 10000 samples
Developed by NASA (Langley Research Center)

http://dbdev.larc.nasa.gov/setas/LDEF/

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