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The mission
Military IR background survey. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1971-054; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 8 June 1971, 14:00:05 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Burner 2
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (polar)
Trajectory
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 1972?
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
P70-1
Military IR background survey.
- GCAT ID
- S05285
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Space Center, Kent
- Launch mass
- 157 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 1 m diameter · 1.5 m span
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