Alouette 2 Satellite

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            <localID>Platform_Alouette_2_Satellite</localID>
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            <version>1</version>
            <creationDate>2025-10-10T14:07:00Z</creationDate>
            <lastModificationDate>2025-10-10T14:07:00Z</lastModificationDate>
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    </identifier>
    <name>Alouette 2 Satellite</name>
    <shortName>Alouette 2</shortName>
    <description>Alouette 2 was a Canadian research satellite launched at 04:48 UTC on November 29, 1965, by a Thor Agena rocket with Explorer 31 from the Western test range at Vandenberg AFB in California. It was designed to explore the ionosphere. The satellite itself became a derelict after August 1975.</description>
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