Spartan 201-1

General

Designation	22623 / 93023B
Launch date	11 Apr 1993 at 06:11 UT
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Scientific: high atmosphere and Sun study
Perigee/Apogee	291/298 km
Inclination	57°
Period	90.4 min
Launch vehicle	STS 56
Mass at launch	1290 kg

It carried an ultraviolet coronagraph and a white light coronagraph for studies of the Sun.

Cause	Retrieved by the Shuttle
Decay	13 Apr 1993

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