23711 - SURFSAT

SURFSAT (Summer Under-graduate Research Fellowship SATellite) is an American microsatellite that was designed to assist tests on the upgraded soft-/hardware at the Deep Space Network stations that are primarily dedicated to capture the weak signals from Heliospheric probes. The 55 kg spacecraft remained attached to the second stage of the Delta 2 rocket (that had launched RADARSAT 1). Initial orbital parameters were period 109.6 min, apogee 1,495 km, perigee 935 km, and inclination 100.6 deg.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1995-11-04
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920
Launch Site: Vandenberg AFB, United States
Mass: 55.0 kg