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1962
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7«4 FLIGHT Intei'•uiioncd, 15 November 1962 ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITES continued Satellite TRANSIT 4A \ GBEB3/INJUN/ DISCOVERER 26* TIROS 3 MIDAS 3 VOSTOK 2t EXPLORER 12 RANGER 1 EXPLORER 13 DISCOVERER 29* DISCOVERER 30* MERCURY ATLAS 4t DISCOVERER 31 DISCOVERER 32* MIDAS 4 DISCOVERER 34 DISCOVERER 35* TRANSIT 4B \ TRAAC / RANGER 2 MERCURY ATLAS 5T DISCOVERER 36* 1 OSCAR 1 J USAF SATELLITE TIROS 4 MERCURY ATLAS 6t USAF SATELLITE DISCOVERER 38* 0S01 USAF SATELLITE COSMOS 1 COSMOS 2 USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE COSMOS 3 COSMOS 4f ARIEL USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE MERCURY ATLAS 7f COSMOS 5 USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE \ OSCAR 2 / USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE TIROS 5 USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE COSMOS 6 TELSTAR USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE COSMOS 7f USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE VOSTOK 3| V08TOK 4f COSMOS 8 U8AF SATELLITE SOVIET SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE SOVIET SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE USAF SATELLITE TIROS 6 COSMOS 9 ALOUETTE USAF SATELLITE EXPLORER 14 MERCURY ATLAS 8t Designation 1961 omicron 1 1961 omicron 2 1961 pi 1961 rho 1961 sigma 1961 tau 1961 upsilon 1961 phi 1961 chi 1961 psi 1961 omega 1961 alpha alpha 1961 alpha beta 1961 alpha gamma 1961 alpha delta 1961 alpha epsi Ion 1961 alpha zeta 1961 alpha eta 1 1961 alpha eta 2 1961 alpha theta 1961 alpha iota 1961 alpha kappa 1 1961 alpha kappa 2 1961 alpha lambda 1962 beta 1962 gamma 1962 delta 1962 epsilon 1962 zeta 1962 eta 1962 theta 1962 iota 1962 kappa 1962 lambda 1962 nu 1962 xi 1962 omicron 1962 pi 1962 rho 1962 sigma 1962 tau 1962 upsilon 1962 phi 1962 chi 1 1962 chi 2 1962 psi 1962 omega 1962 alpha alpha 1962 alpha beta 1962 alpha gamma 1962 alpha delta 1962 alpha epsilon 1962 alpha zeta 1962 alpha eta 1962 alpha theta 1962 alpha iota 1962 alpha kappa 1962 alpha lambda 1962 alpha mu 1962 alpha nu 1962 alpha xi 1962 alpha omicron 1962 alpha pi 1962 alpha sigma 1962 alpha tau 1962 alpha upsilon 1962 alpha phi 1962 alpha chi 1962 alpha psi 1962 alpha omega 1962 beta alpha 1962 beta beta 1962 beta gamma 1962 beta delta Launch date June 29 June 29 July 7 July 12 July 12 August 6 August 16 August 23 August 25 August 30 September 12 September 13 September 17 October 13 October 21 November 5 November 15 November 15 November 15 November 18 November 29 December 12 December 12 December 22 February 8 February 20 February 21 February 27 March 7 March 7 March 16 April 6 April 9 April 18 April 24 April 26 April 26 April 26 April 28 May 15 May 24 May 28 May 30 June 2 June 2 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 23 June 28 June 30 July 10 July 18 July 21 July 28 July 28 August 2 August 5 August 11 August 12 August 18 August 23 August 25 August 29 September 1 September 1 September 12 September 17 September 18 September 27 September 29 September 29 October 2 October 3 Launch vehicle Thor AbleStar Thor AbleStar Thor Agena B Delta Atlas Agena B — Delta Atlas Agena B Scout Thor Agena B Thor Agena B Atlas D Thor Agena B Thor Agena B Atlas Agena B Thor Agena B Thor Agena B Thor AbleStar Thor AbleStar Atlas Agena B Atlas D Thor Agena B Thor Agena B Atlas Agena B Delta Atlas D Thor Agena B Thor Agena B Delta Atlas Agena B — — Atlas Agena B Thor Agena B — — Delta Atlas Agena B Thor Agena B Thor Agena B Atlas D — Thor Agena B Thor Agena B Thor Agena B Atlas Agena B Thor Agena B Delta Thor Agena B Thor Agena B — Delta Atlas Agena B Thor Agena B Thor Agena B — Thor Agena B Atlas Agena B — — Blue Scout — Thor Agena — Thor Agena B — Thor Agena B Delta — Thor Agena B Thor Agena Delta Atlas D Weight (lb) 175 95 2,100 285 3,500 10,430 83 675 187 2,100 2,100 2,700 2,100 2,100 3,500 2,100 2,100 200 200 675 2,900 2,100 10 — 285 2,987 — — 440 — — — — — — — 132 — — — 2,975 — — — 10 — — 286 — — — 170 — — — — — — 10,500 10,500; — — — — — — — 281 — 320 — 89 3,000 § Orbit (miles) 536-625 536-636 145-503 460-512 2,132-2,156 106-155 168-47,860 112-283 77-725 95-339 139-350 99-158 147-252 147-246 2,177-2,328 134-637 147-173 582-700 562-720 95-146 100-148 148-280 146-258 145-467 447-521 98-160 104-233 207-378 344-370 155-395 135-609 131-961 1,749-2,100 124-185 142-447 185-205 242-754 — 110-226 178-407 100-167 126-994 122-198 131-241 129-240 — 228-255 367-604 129-182 130-428 170-224 593-3,503 112-142 128-236 138-182 130-230 128-263 126-126 112-145 112-158 159-375 385-525 108-154 113-244 207-396 113-113 129-421 425-442 187-219 630-650 124-228 175-61,226 100-176 Inclina tion (deg) 66.78 66.78 82.94 47.9 90.8 64.93 33.3 32.8 37.7 82.14 82.58 32.8 82.7 81.69 95.88 82.67 81.63 32.42 32.43 33.3 32.5 81.2 81.2 89.59 48.2 32.5 81.97 82.23 32.8 90.78 49 49 86.68 73.45 49 65 53.87 — 73.07 82.45 32.5 49 74.1 74.26 74.26 — 82.11 58.1 75.09 76.07 49 44.79 96.12 70.28 71.06 64.95 82.25 96.3 65 65 49 98.6 64.88 65.15 _ 82.84 65 81.84 58.28 65 80.53 65.4 32.95 32.5 Lifetime 600 years 900 years 150 days 100 years 10,000 years 25hr 18min 100 years 7 days 2 days 10 days 90 days 109m in 39 days 31 days 10,000 years 14 months 18 days 1,000 years 1,000 years 2 days 3hr21min 85 days 49 days 235 days 100 years 4hr 56min 16 days 21 days 20 years 1 year 70 days 15 months 10,000 years 40 days 6 months 3 days 20 years 2 days 28 days 15 months 4hr 56min 15 months 12 days 27 days 19 days 1 day 2 years 50 years 14 days 78 days 70 days 3,000 years 9 days 24 days 27 days 4 days 24 days 1 day 3 days 22hr 22min 2 days 22hr 57min 13 months 20 years 3 days 12 days 9 days 1 year 12 days 2 months 50 years 1 week 2,000 years 14 days 2 years 9hr 13min Purpose navigation scientific USAF development meteorology missile detection manned flight (Titov) scientific test lunar spacecraft scientific USAF development USAF development manned craft development USAF development USAF development missile detection USAF development USAF development navigation scientific test lunar spacecraft manned craft development USAF development scientific unspecified meteorology manned flight (Glenn) unspecified USAF development scientific unspecified scientific scientific missile detection? unspecified scientific scientific scientific unspecified unspecified unspecified manned flight (Carpenter) scientific unspecified unspecified scientific unspecified unspecified meteorology unspecified unspecified scientific communications unspecified unspecified unspecified scientific unspecified unspecified manned flight (Nikolayev) manned flight (Popovich) scientific unspecified Venus probe attempt? unspecified Venus probe attempt? unspecified unspecified unspecified meteorology scientific scientific unspecified scientific manned flight (Schirra) ' capsule recovered t spacecraft recovered t unannounced by USSR § approximate values AH li!5tinns beyond October 3,1962, and those of 1962 alpha tau, alpha phi and alpha omega, are estimates. Data for 1962 alpha phi are unconfirmed. Table compiled frem in-tormMmn provided by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Space Department of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, the Soviet newt agency 7 ass, the I nited Nations and other sources. Information on certain items withheld by the US Air Force, U8 Defense Department and the U88R. In certain cases the iiet.me est.matos above differ •ram tnose shown on the chart: those in the table are based on the latest information at the time of going to press.
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