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Max-Planck-Institut
German manufacturer of spacecraft. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany.
Location
: Garching.
People
:
Batalli-Cosmovici
.
Country
:
Germany
.
Spacecraft
:
Equator-S
.
1966 August 17 -
. 03:39 GMT - .
Launch Site
:
Fort Churchill
.
LV Family
:
Black Brant
.
Launch Vehicle
:
Black Brant VB
.
MPE Barium release Aeronomy / Barium release mission
- .
Nation
:
Germany
.
Agency
:
Max-Planck-Institut
.
Apogee
: 390 km (240 mi).
1966 August 19 -
. 07:44 GMT - .
Launch Site
:
Fort Churchill
.
LV Family
:
Black Brant
.
Launch Vehicle
:
Black Brant VB
.
MPE Barium release Aeronomy / Barium release mission
- .
Nation
:
Germany
.
Agency
:
Max-Planck-Institut
.
Apogee
: 391 km (242 mi).
1973 November 22 -
. 23:39 GMT - .
Launch Site
:
CELPA
.
LV Family
:
Rigel
.
Launch Vehicle
:
Castor (A)
.
Ion beam Ionosphere mission
- .
Nation
:
Germany
.
Agency
:
Max-Planck-Institut
.
Apogee
: 406 km (252 mi).
1975 September 30 -
.
Launch Site
:
Marambio
.
LV Family
:
Rigel
.
Launch Vehicle
:
Castor (A)
.
Ionosphere mission
- .
Nation
:
Germany
.
Agency
:
Max-Planck-Institut
.
Apogee
: 400 km (240 mi).
1975 October 3 -
.
Launch Site
:
Marambio
.
LV Family
:
Rigel
.
Launch Vehicle
:
Castor (A)
.
Ionosphere mission
- .
Nation
:
Germany
.
Agency
:
Max-Planck-Institut
.
Apogee
: 400 km (240 mi).
1978 July 30 -
. 23:12 GMT - .
Launch Site
:
Kiruna
.
Launch Vehicle
:
Petrel
.
Aeronomy mission
- .
Nation
:
UK
.
Agency
:
Max-Planck-Institut
.
Apogee
: 127 km (78 mi).
1978 August 13 -
. 00:26 GMT - .
Launch Site
:
Kiruna
.
Launch Vehicle
:
Petrel
.
Aeronomy mission
- .
Nation
:
UK
.
Agency
:
Max-Planck-Institut
.
Apogee
: 129 km (80 mi).
1997 December 2 -
. 22:52 GMT - .
Launch Site
:
Kourou
.
Launch Complex
:
Kourou ELA2
.
LV Family
:
Ariane
.
Launch Vehicle
:
Ariane 44P
.
Equator-S
- .
Nation
:
Germany
.
Agency
:
Arianespace
.
Manufacturer
:
Max-Planck-Institut
.
Class
:
Earth
.
Type
: Magnetosphere satellite.
Spacecraft
:
Equator-S
.
USAF Sat Cat
: 25068 .
COSPAR
: 1997-075B.
Apogee
: 67,065 km (41,672 mi).
Perigee
: 591 km (367 mi).
Inclination
: 6.20 deg.
Period
: 1,337.20 min.
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