Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Gamma ray background. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1972-076; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 2 October 1972, 20:10 UTC?
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas Burner 2
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · May 1973
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
P72-1
Gamma ray background.
- GCAT ID
- S06217
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Space Center, Kent
- Launch mass
- 566 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.1 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 2.1 m span
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