Names | X4 |
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COSPAR ID | 1974-013A |
SATCAT no. | 07213[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Hawker Siddeley Dynamics |
Launch mass | 92 kilograms (203 lb)[2] |
Power | 2 deployable solar arrays |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 March 1974, 02:22:00 | UTC
Rocket | Scout D-1 |
Launch site | Vandenberg SLC-5 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth Orbit |
Eccentricity | 0.01403 |
Perigee altitude | 714 kilometres (444 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 916 kilometres (569 mi) |
Inclination | 97.8 degrees |
Period | 101.2 minutes |
Epoch | 8 March 1974, 08:22:00 UTC [3] |
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.[2]
Miranda was named after a character in the Shakespeare play The Tempest,[4][5] just like Prospero (spacecraft) and Ariel 1.
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