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Class: Navigation. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Navy, NASA. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communications.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 94 kg.
TIP Chronology
02 September 1972
Triad 1 Program: Transit. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Scout B. Mass: 94 kg. Perigee: 709 km. Apogee: 792 km. Inclination: 90.0 deg. Prototype of improved Transit satellite.
12 October 1975
Triad 2 Program: Transit. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Scout D. Mass: 94 kg. Perigee: 427 km. Apogee: 490 km. Inclination: 90.4 deg. Prototype of improved Transit satellite. Tested pulsed plasma engine.
01 September 1976
TIP 3 Program: Transit. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Scout D. Mass: 94 kg. Perigee: 345 km. Apogee: 789 km. Inclination: 90.3 deg. Prototype of improved Transit satellite. Also tested pulsed plasma engine.
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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