1967-014A
Launched in Feb 1967 only a week after the first, the second Diad`eme geodetic satellite D-1D was similar to D-1C. Its Doppler transmitter operated until Apr 5. Mass was 23kg.
This was the last orbital flight from Hammaguir; soon afterwards, the French evacuated Algeria, and their space program was transferred to their South American colony of La Guyane.
Associated with 1967-14 is 18911/1967-14M, which is in a higher orbit and has element sets back to Feb 1961 when it was in a 643 x 2559 km x 38.87 deg orbit; it is probably a piece of Explorer 9 debris.
| Diad`eme 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Feb 15 | 1006:57 | Launch by Diamant A | HMG Brigitte |
| 1008:00 | T+93s Emeraude MECO | ||
| 1008:00 | Emeraude sep | ||
| 1008:00 | T+1:33 Topaze burn 43s | ||
| 1009:13? | T+2:16? Topaze burnout | -5830 x 550 x 34.2 | |
| 1009:23? | T+2:26? Fairing sep | ||
| Coast | |||
| 1011:51? | T+4:54? Topaze sep | ||
| 1014:16? | T+7:19? Rubis burn 45s | ||
| 1015:01? | T+8:04? Rubis burnout | ||
| Rubis sep | |||
| Yo-yo despin | |||
| 110.0 591 x 1881 x 39.5 | |||
| 1967 Apr 5 | End of transmissions | ||
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