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Other Designations: Test and Training Satellite. Class: Technology. Type: Tracking network. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

Test satellite for NASA's Manned Space Flight Network.

Typical orbit: 403 km x 570 km at 33 degrees inclination. Mass: 20 kg (44 lb).

TETR Chronology

1969 August 27 - TETR C - Program: Pioneer. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta. FAILURE: Failure.

1971 September 29 - TETR 3 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 20 kg (44 lb). Perigee: 403 km (250 mi). Apogee: 570 km (350 mi). Inclination: 33.00 deg. Period: 94.30 min.
Test satellite for NASA's Manned Space Flight Network. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

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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