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Biosatellite 3
Monkey flight.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Monkey flight. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1969-056; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 29 June 1969, 03:15:59 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Delta N
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 6 August 1969
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Biosatellite 3
Monkey flight.
- GCAT ID
- S04000
- Manufacturer
- GE Reentry Systems Div
- Launch mass
- 438 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.1 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 2.1 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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