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Class: Calibration. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Aluminum sphere used for radar calibration.
Specification
LCS Chronology
06 May 1965
LCS 1 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Titan 3A. Mass: 34 kg. Perigee: 2,786 km. Apogee: 2,795 km. Inclination: 32.1 deg. Aluminum sphere used for radar calibration. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
15 October 1965
LCS 2 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Titan 3C. FAILURE: Partial Failure. Dual launch with OV2-1; upper stage broke up.
07 August 1971
LCS 4 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Mass: 1 kg. Perigee: 779 km. Apogee: 910 km. Inclination: 87.6 deg. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
Bibliography:- 126 - Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
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