SMALLSAT SOLUTION
An instrument dropped from early designs of NASA's Terra Earth-observing spacecraft (formerly EOS AM) reached orbit just two days behind Terra. Acrimsat, a 110-kg. (242-lb.) satellite for measuring total solar irradiance, was launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on Dec. 20 on board an Orbital...
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