Spartan 204

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Spartan 204
Organization NASA-Office of Space Science (United States),Department of Defense (United States)
Mission type Astronomy,Engineering
Launch date February 7, 1995 (1995-02-07)
Launch vehicle STS-63
Carrier rocket Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1995-004B
Mass 1169 kg
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 23470
Additional Information Here
PDMP Information Here
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Spartan 204 was a free-flying payload that was released from space shuttle STS 63 on 07 February 1995 at 12:26 UT. It made about 40 hours of observations of galactic dust clouds using a far ultraviolet imaging spectrograph before being retrieved on 09 February 1995.