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MAGION 4

1. Launching State

  • The Russian Federation together with Czech Republic and Austria

2. An appropriate designator of the space object or its registration number

  • Magion 4, 1995 – 039F

3. Date and territory or location of launch

  • August 3, 1995, The Russian Federation

4. Basic orbit parameters:

a) Nodal period

  • 91.2 hours

b) Inclination

  • 62.9 degrees

c) Apogee

  • 191,907 km

d) Perigee

  • 793 km

5. General function of space object:

  • research of plasma processes in the near-Earth space as part of the international Solar-Terrestrial Energy Programme