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Geotail (satellite)


Geotail
A joint ISAS (Japanese Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) and NASA mission to investigated Earth's magnetosphere and geomagnetic tail over distances of 8–200 Earth radii.


launch date Jul. 24, 1992
launch vehicle Delta 6925
launch site Cape Canaveral
orbit 41,363 × 508,542 km × 22.4°
mass 1,008 kg


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