CHIPSat
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| Orbital period | 1. 6 hours |
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| Inclination | 94. 01° |
| Spectrometer | A nebular spectrograph (9 to 26 nm) |
| Nominal mission duration | 1 year |
| Launch sites | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 | |
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| ID | 1247188 |
About CHIPSat
CHIPSat is a now-decommissioned, but still-orbiting, microsatellite. It was launched on January 12, 2003 from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Delta II with the larger ICESat, and had an intended mission duration of one year. CHIPSat was the first of NASA's University-Class Explorers mission class.
CHIPSat Photos
