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High Energy Transient Explorer 1
NamesHETE-1
Mission typeHigh-energy astronomy
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1996-061A
SATCAT no.24645
Mission duration18 months (planned)
Failed on orbit
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftExplorer
Spacecraft typeHigh Energy Transient Explorer
BusHETE
ManufacturerAeroAstro, Inc.
Launch mass128 kg (282 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date4 November 1996, 17:08:56 UTC
RocketPegasus-XL (F14)
Launch siteWallops Flight Facility, LA-3
ContractorOrbital Sciences Corporation
Entered serviceFailed on orbit
End of mission
Decay date7 April 2002
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[1]
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude487 km (303 mi)
Apogee altitude555 km (345 mi)
Inclination38.00°
Period95.00 minutes
Instruments
Omnidirectional Gamma-Ray Spectrometer
Ultraviolet Transient Camera Array
Wide Field X-ray Monitor
Explorer program
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High Energy Transient Explorer 1 (HETE-1) was a NASA astronomical satellite with international participation (mainly Japan and France).

  1. ^ "Trajectory: HETE-1 (1996-061A)". NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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