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Class: Military. Type: SDI. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force(USA 19). SDIO sensor tests.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 6,000 kg.
SDI Chronology
05 September 1986
USA 19 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 3925. Perigee: 213 km. Apogee: 748 km. Inclination: 39.1 deg. SDIO sensor tests. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
08 February 1988
USA 30 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 3914. Mass: 6,000 kg. Perigee: 225 km. Apogee: 342 km. Inclination: 28.6 deg. Military tracking exercise; released subsatellites. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
24 March 1989
USA 36 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 3925. Perigee: 307 km. Apogee: 312 km. Inclination: 47.7 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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