Tuesday, August 16, 1977

DMSP 6530

 1972-089A


The F30/Block 5B F-3 satellite, DMSP 6530, was launched on 1972 Nov 9 by Thor Burner 2A from Vandenberg. It carried the prototype of the SSE radiometer, an eight channel scanning filter radiometer with six channels in the 15 micron CO2 band, one in the 12 micron atmospheric window, and one in the 20 micron H20 band. The SSE was used to measure vertical temperature profiles. The SSJ electron spectrometer studied auroral electrons from 0.05 to 8.2 keV.


DMSP 6530 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 Nov 9  0323:46 Launch by Thor Burner 2A  V SLC10W 
 0326  Thor MECO 
 0327? Star 37 burn 42s 
 0327? Star 37 sep 
 0337? Star 26 burn 18s 
 0338? Star 26 sep 
   101.8 813 x 872 x 98.7 
1973 Feb 1   Declared operational 
1973 Jun 21   Sensor failure 
1975 May 31   End of operations 

Friday, August 12, 1977

Transit O-10

 1966-076A


O-10 (NNS 30100, Scout launch N-9), launched in Aug 1966, was still in limited operation in May 1970.


NNS O-10 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Aug 18  0225:02 Launch by Scout A S149C V SLC5 
  T+1:17 Stage 2 burn theta=48 deg az=182 
  T+2:01 Stage 3 burn 
  T+2:37? Stage 3 burnout 
  T+12:12 Stage 4 burn 
 0237 T+12:40? Stage 4 burnout 
   106.9 1056 x 1101 x 88.9 

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