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Class: Communications. Type: Military. Nation: UK. Military communications.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 243 kg.
NATO 1 Chronology
22 November 1969
Skynet 1A Program: Skynet. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta M. Mass: 243 kg. Perigee: 35,682 km. Apogee: 35,894 km. Inclination: 13.9 deg. Over Indian Ocean. Military communications. Previously registered by the United States in A/AC.105/INF.220: 1969-101A, orbital data 276 x 36716 km x 28.0 deg, category C.
20 March 1970
NATO 1 Program: NATO. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta M. Mass: 243 kg. Perigee: 35,768 km. Apogee: 35,801 km. Inclination: 13.4 deg. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
19 August 1970
Skynet 1B Program: Skynet. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta M. Mass: 243 kg. Perigee: 278 km. Apogee: 37,460 km. Inclination: 25.9 deg. AKM failure left in unusable orbit. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
03 February 1971
NATO 2 Program: NATO. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta M. Mass: 243 kg. Perigee: 35,772 km. Apogee: 35,802 km. Inclination: 13.9 deg. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
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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