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    Eole

    Eole
    A French weather microsatellite, also known as CAS (Cooperative Applications Satellite) and before launch as FR-2. Eole, named after the god of the wind, interrogated and returned data from over 500 instrumented weather balloons released from Argentina drifting at heights of 12 km to help study southern-hemisphere winds, temperatures, and pressures.


    Launch date Aug. 16, 1971
    Launch vehicle Scout B
    Launch site Wallops Island
    Orbit 678 × 903 km × 50.2°
    Mass 84 kg


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