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Credit - NASA
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Class: Earth. Type: Ionosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy. Investigate effects of ionosphere on radio signals. Mass: 37 kg (81 lb).
Orbiscal Chronology - 1968 August 16 - UVR - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. FAILURE: Failure.
- 1968 August 16 - EGRS 11 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. FAILURE: Failure.
- 1968 August 16 - EGRS 12 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. FAILURE: Failure.
- 1968 August 16 - Orbiscal 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. FAILURE: Failure.
- 1968 August 16 - LIDOS - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. FAILURE: Failure.
- 1968 August 16 - AVL-802 Grid Sphere 7-1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. FAILURE: Failure.
- 1968 August 16 - LCS 3 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. FAILURE: Failure. Mass: 37 kg (81 lb).
First of two Atlas/Burner II space launches. 1 of 13 satellite launch attempts; investigate effects of ionosphere on radio signals.
Bibliography:- Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
- Lockheed Martin Coporation, Atlas Family Fact Sheets, September 1998.. Web Address when accessed: http://www.lmco.com/ILS/txtmain/ils_lsysinfo.htm.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
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