Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
UV telescope. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1972-014; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 12 March 1972, 01:55:08 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Delta N
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 5 May 1974?
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
TD-1A
UV telescope.
- GCAT ID
- S05879
- Manufacturer
- MATRA Espace
- Launch mass
- 460 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.1 m long · 1 m diameter · 4.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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