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    • Title Eureca Retrieval
    • Released: 24/02/2011
    • Length 00:21:02
    • Language English
    • Footage Type Documentary
    • Copyright ESA
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      EURECA − the EUropean REtrievable CArrier − was a 4.5-tonne satellite with 15 experiments and was deployed into space by Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-46) on 31 July 1992 at an altitude of 508 km. It was retrieved on 21 May 1993 by Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-57). It was operated by ESA from the European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany (see "Eureca in dramatic Shuttle deployment").

      This tape provides a summary of operations for the mission, launch recordings and an outline of the science involved.

      EURECA is one of the few satellites that have been returned to Earth intact, and it provided a wealth of information for space debris impact studies.

      It has been on display at the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne since 2000.

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    • Activity Human Spaceflight, Operations
    • Mission Eureca-1, Olympus
    • People Michael Stöcker, Scientist
    • System Eureca-1 Satellite, Space Shuttle , Space Shuttle Atlantis
    • Location Darmstadt, ESOC, Germany
    • Action Analyzing, Developing, Exercising, Experimenting, Orbiting, Rotating, Working, Working in space
    • Keywords Antenna, Astronauts, Astronauts on board, Astronauts on board Space Shuttle, Black holes, Cell replication, Communication technology, Crystal, Experiments, Fluid physics, Galaxy, Gamma-ray astronomy, Gamma-ray bursts, Gamma-rays, Gravity, Ground control, Ground stations, Instruments onboard, Launch, Microgravity, Neutron Star, Organic particles, Payload, Payload bay, Power, Reliability, Satellite Operations, Satellites, Science , Scientific apparatus, Sedimentation, Solar arrays, Solid rocket motor, Space Debris, Space industry, Space Operations, Space science, Space ship, Sun, Sun radiations, Supernovae, Telecommunication, Telescope, Temperature, Thermal convection, Transport, Universe, X-ray astronomy, X-rays, Zeolites, Zero-gravity, Zero-gravity effects on humans, Zero-gravity research and experiments
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