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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: Canada. Agency: DRTE. Ionospheric research. Typical orbit: 743 x 1864 km, 80.1 deg inclinaton. Mass: 145 kg (319 lb).
Alouette Chronology - 1962 September 29 - Alouette 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2E. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 145 kg (319 lb). Perigee: 987 km (613 mi). Apogee: 1,022 km (635 mi). Inclination: 80.50 deg. Period: 105.20 min.
Ionospheric research. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
- 1965 November 29 - Alouette 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2E. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 145 kg (319 lb). Perigee: 503 km (312 mi). Apogee: 2,666 km (1,656 mi). Inclination: 79.80 deg. Period: 117.90 min.
Ionospheric research; data correlated with Explorer 31. The double-launch project, known as ISIS-X was the first in a new co-operative NASA-Canadian Defense Research Board program for International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies. Alouette was in orbit with an apogee just over a kilometre lower than Explorer 31's and with a perigee of just more than a kilometre higher. The orbits were some 3000 km at apogee and 500 km at perigee.
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- McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
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