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Class: Technology. Nation: Europe. Agency: ESRO. Sixth satellite of ESRO.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 472 kg.
TD-1A Chronology
12 March 1972
TD-1A; Thor Delta 1A Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Delta N. Mass: 472 kg. Perigee: 523 km. Apogee: 550 km. Inclination: 97.6 deg. Sixth satellite of ESRO. Also registered as US object 1972-14A in A/AC.105/INF.255 with orbit 95.3 min, 525 x 548 km x 97.5 deg, category B.
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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