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Class: Technology. Type: Military. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force.

Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology.

Typical orbit: 310 x 3838 km, 94.8 deg inclinaton. Mass: 260 kg (570 lb).

SESP Chronology

1971 June 8 - SESP 70-1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC10W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 260 kg (570 lb). Perigee: 544 km (338 mi). Apogee: 580 km (360 mi). Inclination: 90.20 deg. Period: 95.80 min.
Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1974 October 29 - SESP 73-5 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 150 km (90 mi). Apogee: 2,888 km (1,794 mi). Inclination: 96.90 deg. Period: 116.30 min.
Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1976 July 8 - SESP 74-2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 236 km (146 mi). Apogee: 8,048 km (5,000 mi). Inclination: 97.50 deg. Period: 179.00 min.
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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