spartan 201

Shuttle Point Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN)

SPARTAN 201 is a small, Shuttle-launched and -retrieved satellite, whose mission is to study the Sun. SPARTAN 201's science payload consists of two telescopes: the Ultraviolet Coronal Spectrometer (UVCS) and the White Light Coronagraph (WLC). Destroyed on STS-51L, redeployed on STS-56, STS-64 and STS-69.

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