Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Geocoronal study. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1971-F14; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 5 December 1971, 16:20 UTC
- Launch location
- Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise
- Launch vehicle
- Diamant B
- Orbit
- Suborbital trajectory
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 5 December 1971
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
D-2A Polaire
Geocoronal study.
- GCAT ID
- F00650
- Manufacturer
- Soc. nat. industrielle Aerospatiale (SNIAS), GT Cannes
- Launch mass
- 96 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.8 m long · 0.7 m diameter · 3 m span
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