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Class: Technology. Type: Tracking network. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Test and Training Satellite; tested Apollo tracking network.
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TTS Chronology
13 December 1967
TTS 1 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta E. Mass: 20 kg. Perigee: 287 km. Apogee: 490 km. Inclination: 32.9 deg. Test and Training Satellite; tested Apollo tracking network. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
08 November 1968
TTS 2; TATS 2 (TETR 2) Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta E. Mass: 40 kg. Perigee: 375 km. Apogee: 945 km. Inclination: 32.9 deg. Test and Training Satellite; test vehicle for NASA Manned Space Flight Network. 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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