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Class: Earth. Type: Geodetic. Nation: France. French geodetic satellites.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 23 kg.
Diadem Chronology
08 February 1967
Diademe 1 Launch Site: Hammaguira . Launch Vehicle: Diamant. FAILURE: Partial Failure. Mass: 23 kg. Perigee: 545 km. Apogee: 1,084 km. Inclination: 40.0 deg. Orbit too low. Launch time of Diadem I was 10:39:40 on 8 Feb 1967. Launch time of Diadem II was 11:06:57 on 15 Feb 1967.
15 February 1967
Diademe 2 Launch Site: Hammaguira . Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Mass: 23 kg. Perigee: 584 km. Apogee: 1,733 km. Inclination: 39.4 deg. Launch time of Diadem I was 10:39:40 on 8 Feb 1967. Launch time of Diadem II was 11:06:57 on 15 Feb 1967.
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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