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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Satellite collected artificial radiation data (resulting from atmospheric and exoatmospheric nuclear explosions). Typical orbit: 197 km x 5458 km at 71 degrees inclination. Mass: 1,125 kg (2,480 lb).
Starfish Chronology - 1962 October 26 - Starfish Radiation 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 1,100 kg (2,400 lb). Perigee: 197 km (122 mi). Apogee: 5,458 km (3,391 mi). Inclination: 71.40 deg. Period: 146.50 min.
Artificial radiation data.
- 1965 September 2 - Starfish Radiation 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC1E. Launch Vehicle: Delta. FAILURE: Agena-D failed; destroyed by range safety. Mass: 1,150 kg (2,530 lb). Apogee: 11 km (6 mi).
Artificial radiation data.
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.
- Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
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