Saturday, November 18, 1972

DMSP 6422

 1968-092A


The second Block 4B satellite (F22 or 6422) was launched on 1968 Oct 23 using the refurbished Thor 173. The primary mission ended in Sep 1970 when its recorder failed.

Initial orbit was a 20:12 LTDN SSO.


DSAP 6422 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Oct 23  0434:03  Launch by Thor Burner 2 (173)  V SLC10W  
 0436  Thor MECO 
 0445?  Burner II burn 
 0448?  Burner II sep 
   101.5 797 x 855 x 99.0 
1970 Sep 17   End of primary mission 
1970 Oct 4   End of transmissions 

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