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Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Destination: Sun Synchronous Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force.

Communications propagation experiments.

Typical orbit: 981 km x 1044 km at 100 degrees inclination. Mass: 73 kg (160 lb).

P 76 Chronology

1976 May 22 - P 76-5 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC5. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Mass: 73 kg (160 lb). Perigee: 981 km (609 mi). Apogee: 1,044 km (648 mi). Inclination: 99.60 deg. Period: 105.40 min.
Communications propagation experiments.

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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