Designation
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Spacetrack catalog number
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25634
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COSPAR ID
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1999-008-A
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Name in Spacetrack catalog
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ARGOS
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Satellite Details
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Orbit
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817 x 834 km, 98.5°
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| Category | unknown |
| Country/organisation of origin | United States |
| Intrinsic brightness (Magnitude) | 3.7 (at 1000km distance, 50% illuminated) | | Maximum brightness (Magnitude) | 2.8 (at perigee, 100% illuminated) |
Launch
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Date
(UTC)
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23 February 1999 10:29
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| Launch site | Vandenberg Space Force Base,
United States |
| Launch vehicle | Delta 7920-10 |
Description
| ARGOS carries an electric propulsion experiment for X-ray binary star timing observations |
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