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Satellite:
SMM
Satellite details
Acronym
SMM
Full name
Solar Maximum Mission
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the SMM programme.
Main mission: solar physics.
Mass at launch
2315 kg
Dry mass
2268 kg
Power
2000 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data available from NASA/GSFC.
Orbit
Drifting orbit
Altitude
510 km
Inclination
28.5
°
Space agency
NASA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
On 11 April 1984 the satellite was brought to the Shuttle, repaired in orbit and re-orbited at a lower altitude, 407 km.
In that occasion an antenna to link with TDRSS was installed on the satellite.
Launch
14 Feb 1980
EOL
24 Nov 1989
Last update:
2015-07-29
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
SMM
Acronym
Full name
ACRIM-I
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitoring - I
CP
Coronagraph/Polarimeter
GRS
Gamma-Ray Spectrometer
HXRBS
Hard X-Ray Burst Spectrometer
HXIS
Hard X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer
UVSP
Ultraviolet Spectrometer and Polarimeter
XRP
Soft X-Ray Polychromator
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
SMM
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed