Designation
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Spacetrack catalog number
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25560
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COSPAR ID
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1998-071-A
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Name in Spacetrack catalog
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SWAS
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Satellite Details
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Orbit
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551 x 560 km, 69.9°
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| Category | unknown |
| Country/organisation of origin | United States |
| Intrinsic brightness (Magnitude) | 5.7 (at 1000km distance, 50% illuminated) | | Maximum brightness (Magnitude) | 3.1 (at perigee, 100% illuminated) |
Launch
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Date
(UTC)
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06 December 1998 00:57
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| Launch site | Vandenberg Space Force Base,
United States |
| Launch vehicle | Pegasus XL |
Description
| SWAS will be used to study the cooling of molecular cloud cores, the sites of star formation in our galaxy, by measuring lines from molecular oxygen and water. |
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