Tuesday, March 25, 1997

Lacrosse 1

 1988-106B


The first LACROSSE radar imaging satellite was deployed from the Space Shuttle Atlantis on 1988 Dec 2. It was assigned the open designation USA 34. Richelson reports the mission number was 3101 and the name was now ONYX.


LACROSSE 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Dec 2  1230 Deployed from Atlantis
  
1988 Dec 3   Solar panels deployed, 2nd attempt 
1988 Dec   Orbit raised  700 x 700 x 57.0 ? 
1989 Nov 12    98.25 567 x 783 x 57.0 (CSS) 
1990 Jan 22    98.22 666 x 680 x 57.0 (CSS) 
1990 Jul 2    98.19 657 x 686 x 57.0 (CSS) 
1991 May 16    98.08 659 x 674 x 57.0 (CSS)

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