Payload
MIRANDA (X-4)
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Miranda, also known as X-4, is a British satellite in low Earth orbit. The satellite was launched in March 1974 as an engineering test bed of technologies in orbit.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 9, 1974 at 02:22 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Scout D-1 →
- Operator
- Science and Engineering Research Council
- Mission
- Miranda
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 818 km
- Periapsis
- 658 km
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- Orbital period
- 99.58 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1974-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 7213
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Kingdom- Radar cross-section
- 0.6219 m²
- Status
- active