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Other Designations: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Class: Earth. Type: Weather. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force(AMS-1). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 4,900 kg.
DMSP Block 5D Chronology
11 September 1976
AMS 1 Program: DMSP. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Mass: 450 kg. Perigee: 804 km. Apogee: 833 km. Inclination: 98.5 deg. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
05 June 1977
AMS 2 Program: DMSP. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Mass: 450 kg. Perigee: 788 km. Apogee: 849 km. Inclination: 99.0 deg. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
01 May 1978
AMS 3 Program: DMSP. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Mass: 513 kg. Perigee: 786 km. Apogee: 799 km. Inclination: 98.7 deg. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
06 June 1979
AMS 4 Program: DMSP. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Mass: 513 kg. Perigee: 805 km. Apogee: 826 km. Inclination: 98.6 deg. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
15 July 1980
AMS 5 Program: DMSP. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. FAILURE: Second stage exploded. Mass: 513 kg. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
Bibliography:- 5 - Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. HTML when accessed: http://www.skyrocket.de/space
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