According to reports at the beginning of December, the latest US solar‐explorer satellite was “working perfectly.” The craft was launched from Wallops Island on Nov. 28 and is moving in an orbit inclined at 60° to the equator with an apogee of 54 8.7 miles and a perigee of 440.9 miles. It takes 100.8 min to go once around.
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