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SATELLITE DESCRIPTION:

The spacecraft was an 18-sided polygon, 42 inches in diameter, 22 inches high and weighed 290 pounds. The craft was made of aluminum alloy and stainless steel then covered with 9100 solar cells. The solar cells served to charge the 63 nickel-cadmium batteries.
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