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    Tournesol

    Tournesol
    A small French satellite that carried five experiments to study ultraviolet solar radiation and the distribution of stellar hydrogen. Tournesol, which means “sunflower”, was also known as D2-A. See also France in space.


    Launch date Apr. 15, 1971
    Launch vehicle Diamant B
    Launch site Kourou
    Mass 90 kg
    Orbit 456 × 703 km × 46°


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