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Biosatellite I
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Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Life sci. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1966-114; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 14 December 1966, 19:20:03 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Delta G
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 17 December 1966?
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Biosatellite I
GCAT program: Biosatellite.
- GCAT ID
- S02631
- Manufacturer
- GE Reentry Systems Div
- Launch mass
- 241 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.1 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 2.1 m span
Biosatellite 1 Capsule
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- GCAT ID
- S02632
- Manufacturer
- GE Reentry Systems Div
- Launch mass
- 157 kg
- Propulsion
- Star 12
- Dimensions
- 0.8 m long · 0.7 m diameter · 0.8 m span
Visual archive
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