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Class: Calibration. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
Specification
SURCAL Chronology
24 January 1962
Surcal Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Thor Able-Star. FAILURE: Failure.
13 December 1962
SURCAL 2A Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Mass: 3 kg. Perigee: 222 km. Apogee: 2,762 km. Inclination: 70.2 deg. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
15 June 1963
SURCAL 1B Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Mass: 3 kg. Perigee: 172 km. Apogee: 802 km. Inclination: 69.9 deg. Surveillance Calibration. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
09 March 1965
SURCAL 2B Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Mass: 5 kg. Perigee: 902 km. Apogee: 947 km. Inclination: 70.1 deg. Surveillance Calibration. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
13 August 1965
Long Rod Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Able-Star. Perigee: 1,090 km. Apogee: 1,194 km. Inclination: 90.0 deg. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
31 May 1967
Surcal (153) Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Perigee: 905 km. Apogee: 912 km. Inclination: 70.0 deg. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
30 September 1969
Surcal Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: LT Thor Agena D. Perigee: 898 km. Apogee: 925 km. Inclination: 70.0 deg. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
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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