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Class: Manned. Type: Logistics. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

The Radar Evaluation Pod was a small reflecting target released from Gemini spacecraft to test the rendezvous radar.

Typical orbit: 167 km x 314 km at 33 degrees inclination. Mass: 34 kg (74 lb).

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.
  • Baker, David, The History of Manned Spaceflight, Crown, New York, 1981.
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