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Credit - NASA
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Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Army. Experimental communications. Typical orbit: 967 km x 1214 km at 28 degrees inclination. Mass: 227 kg (500 lb).
Courier Chronology - 1960 August 18 - Courier 1A - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta. FAILURE: Exploded 2.5 minutes after launch. Mass: 225 kg (496 lb).
Experimental communications sattelite.
- 1960 October 4 - Courier 1B - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 230 kg (500 lb). Perigee: 967 km (600 mi). Apogee: 1,214 km (754 mi). Inclination: 28.30 deg. Period: 107.10 min.
Experimental communications. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
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