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Satellite Fact Sheet
Pollux
Also called D5A
General
Designation
07801 / 75039A
Launch date
17 May 1975
Country of origin
France
Mission
Technology experimentation
Perigee/Apogee
299/1256 km
Inclination
30°
Period
100.4 min
Launch vehicle
Diamant #11
Mass at launch
37 kg
To test a hydrazin motor. Counterpart of the first Pollux that was destroy at launch with
Castor
on 22 May 1973. Was spin stabilized and had solar cells attached to its body.
End of life
Decay
5 Aug 1975
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