NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1996-065C
WSF 3 (Wake Field Facility 3) is an American microgravity module that was released from STS 80. The four-meter diameter, 2,000 kg steel saucer was to grow ultra-purity semiconductors on its rear side where the module's wake is an ultra-vacuum. Its orbital parameters were very close to those of STS 80. It was recaptured by the shuttle on the 26 November 1996.
Launch Date: 1996-11-23
Launch Vehicle: Shuttle
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Mass: 2000 kg
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