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Class: Technology. Type: Navigation. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Navy.

Transit Research and Attitude Control.

Typical orbit: 956 km x 1107 km at 32 degrees inclination. Mass: 109 kg (240 lb).

TRAAC Chronology

1961 November 15 - TRAAC - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 109 kg (240 lb). Perigee: 956 km (594 mi). Apogee: 1,107 km (687 mi). Inclination: 32.40 deg. Period: 105.80 min.
Transit Research and Attitude Control. 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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