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Class: Military. Type: Target. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army.

Typical orbit: 939 km x 992 km at 70.1 to 90 degrees inclination. Mass: 4.00 kg (8.80 lb).

DODECAPOLE Chronology

1965 March 9 - DODECAPOLE 1/Porcupine 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 4.00 kg (8.80 lb). Perigee: 901 km (559 mi). Apogee: 930 km (570 mi). Inclination: 70.10 deg. Period: 103.30 min.
Surveillance calibration. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1965 August 13 - Dodecapole 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2E. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 4.00 kg (8.80 lb). Perigee: 979 km (608 mi). Apogee: 1,051 km (653 mi). Inclination: 90.00 deg. Period: 105.40 min.
Surveillance Calibration; dodecahedron; extended 12 25 ft. antennas. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

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.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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