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Class: Technology. Type: Gravity gradient. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Army, U.S. Navy. Gravity gradient stabilization tests. This series developed designs and deployment techniques later applied to the NOSS / Whitecloud naval reconnaisance satellites.
Specification
GGSE Chronology
11 January 1964
GGSE 1 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Mass: 39 kg. Perigee: 899 km. Apogee: 916 km. Inclination: 69.9 deg. Gravity gradient stabilization tests. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
09 March 1965
GGSE 3 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Mass: 4 kg. Perigee: 886 km. Apogee: 915 km. Inclination: 70.1 deg. Gravity gradient stabilization tests. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
31 May 1967
GGSE 4 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Mass: 4 kg. Perigee: 903 km. Apogee: 910 km. Inclination: 70.0 deg. Gravity gradient stabilization tests. 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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