Orbiscal
Spacecraft · USA
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Credit: NASA
American earth ionosphere satellite. Investigate effects of ionosphere on radio signals.
More at: Orbiscal-1.
Subtopics
- Orbiscal 1 (P68-1) Null
Related
- Family
- Earth, Ionosphere sat
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Atlas, Atlas F, Atlas Burner 2
- Launch Sites
- Vandenberg, Vandenberg SLC3E
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LIDOS
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Chronology
1 event
1968 August 16
20:57 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC3E. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas Burner 2. FAILURE: Failure. Failed Stage: 1.- LCS 3 - .
Payload: LCS 3. Mass: 37 kg (81 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF,
USN.
Class: Earth.
Type: Ionosphere satellite. Spacecraft: Orbiscal.
Decay Date: 1968-08-16 .
An Atlas/Burner II (SLV-3, #7004), the first Atlas to be launched with a Burner II upper stage, was launched from Space Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) at Vandenberg but failed to place its payload in orbit due to a malfunction of the nose-fairing heat shield separation system. First of two Atlas/Burner II space launches. 1 of 13 satellite launch attempts; investigate effects of ionosphere on radio signals.
- EGRS 12 - . Payload: EGRS 12. Mass: 37 kg (81 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Spacecraft: Orbiscal.
- EGRS 11 - . Payload: EGRS 11. Mass: 37 kg (81 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Spacecraft: Orbiscal.
- Orbiscal 1 - . Payload: Orbiscal 1. Mass: 37 kg (81 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Spacecraft: Orbiscal.
- LIDOS - . Payload: LIDOS. Mass: 37 kg (81 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Spacecraft: Orbiscal.