Spartan 204

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General

Designation	23470 / 95004B
Launch date	7 Feb 1995 at 12:26 UT
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Scientific: UV astronomy
Perigee/Apogee	310/342 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	91 min
Launch vehicle	STS 63

The spacecraft carried NRL's FUVIS Far Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph which will be used to study the Shuttle environment and make astronomical observations. This is the first Spartan mission to be sponsored by the USAF Space Test Program rather than NASA. It made about 40 hours of observation of Galactic dust clouds.

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End of life

Cause	Retrieved by the Shuttle
Decay	9 Feb 1995

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External resources

sat-index articles

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