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FAST satellite  

Definition

  • The Fast Auroral SnapshoT Explorer (FAST or Explorer 70) was a NASA plasma physics satellite, and was the second spacecraft in the Small Explorer program (SMEX). It was launched on 21 August 1996, from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Pegasus XL launch vehicle. The spacecraft was designed and built by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Flight operations were handled by GSFC for the first three years, and thereafter were transferred to the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Auroral_SnapshoT_Explorer)

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  • Fast Auroral Snapshot satellite
  • FAST spacecraft

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-Q605RM4W-K

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