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Spacecraft Characterists
Mass: 785 kg (includes 189 kg fuel)
Structure: Two octagonal decks, 1.6 m across, 1.0 m high
Propulsion: Hydrazine, for insertion and maintenance in orbit
Power: 443W, four fixed solar arrays
Attitude Subsystem: Spinning spacecraft; spin axis; Earth/Sun pointing
Communications: S-band, 7 kbps (real time), 1 Gbit (total) solid state recorders
Mission Characteristics
Launch: August 1997
Launch Vehicle: Delta II
Primary Mission: Observe enregetic particles within the solar system
Mission Lifetime: 2 years/5-year goal
Pictures (warning: these are rather large jpg's)
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