Microlab 1

Also called Orbview 1

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General

Designation	23547 / 95017C
Launch date	3 Apr 1995 at 13:48 UT
Country of origin	United States
Operator	Orbital Science Corporation
Mission	Scientific
Perigee/Apogee	727/756 km
Inclination	70°
Period
Launch vehicle	Pegasus #8
Launch site	Cape Canaveral

It carries NASA-MSFC's Optical Transient Detector experiment to study the global distribution of lightning, and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's GPS-MET experiment which will study the occultation of GPS navigation satellite signals by the atmosphere to derive meteorological information.

Microlab is owned by OSC, with NASA and NSF renting the space for and operation of their experiments.

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	OSC
Platform	Microstar
Mass at launch	68 kg
Mass in orbit
Diameter	1 m
Height	0.3 m
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	2 years

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