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

Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology.

Typical orbit: 818 km x 841 km at 70 degrees inclination.

SOICAL Chronology

1969 September 30 - SOICAL Cylinder - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC1W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Perigee: 791 km (491 mi). Apogee: 812 km (504 mi). Inclination: 70.00 deg. Period: 100.90 min.
Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1969 September 30 - SOICAL Cone - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC1W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Perigee: 844 km (524 mi). Apogee: 870 km (540 mi). Inclination: 70.00 deg. Period: 102.10 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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