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Class: Technology. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force. TRS satellites undertook a range of engineering experiments related to radiation-hardening of solar cells and spacecraft electronics.
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TRS Chronology
09 May 1963
TRS 2 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Atlas LV-3A / Agena B. Mass: 1 kg. Perigee: 2,269 km. Apogee: 4,902 km. Inclination: 87.2 deg. Solar cells damage data. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
18 July 1963
TRS 4 Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Vehicle: Atlas LV-3A / Agena B. Mass: 2 kg. Perigee: 3,661 km. Apogee: 3,736 km. Inclination: 88.4 deg. Radiation damage data. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
17 October 1963
TRS 5 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas LV-3A / Agena D. Mass: 2 kg. Perigee: 953 km. Apogee: 102,372 km. Inclination: 35.9 deg. Decay date suspect Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
17 July 1964
TRS 6 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas LV-3A / Agena D. Mass: 12 kg. Perigee: 217 km. Apogee: 104,665 km. Inclination: 36.7 deg. Decay date suspect Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
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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