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Class: Communications. Type: Military. Nation: NATO. Military communications.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 720 kg.
NATO 3 Chronology
22 April 1976
NATO 3A Program: NATO. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 2914. Mass: 310 kg. Perigee: 35,799 km. Apogee: 36,013 km. Inclination: 10.7 deg. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
28 January 1977
NATO 3B Program: NATO. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 2914. Mass: 701 kg. Perigee: 37,079 km. Apogee: 37,421 km. Inclination: 10.5 deg. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
19 November 1978
NATO 3C Program: NATO. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 2914. Mass: 720 kg. Perigee: 36,279 km. Apogee: 36,310 km. Inclination: 7.6 deg.
14 November 1984
NATO 3D Program: NATO. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 3914. Mass: 320 kg. Perigee: 35,779 km. Apogee: 35,796 km. Inclination: 2.2 deg. Stationed at 138 deg W.
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
- 279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html
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