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Date: 15 Apr 1971, 09:19 am UTC
Rocket: Diamant B (Diamant)
Provider: National Center of Space Research
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Diamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission Description
French satellite designed to detect the presence of hydrogen in several directions of the celestial sphere.