1966-040A
Nimbus II was launched 1966 May 15 at 0755 by a Thrust Augmented Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. The satellite entered a 1103 x 1179 km x 100.4 deg orbit and operated until 1969 Jan 18.
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| Nimbus 2 |
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| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
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| 1966 May 15 | 0755:34 | Launch by Thor Agena B | V 75-1 Pad 1 |
| | 0756:17 | Castor burnout |
| | 0756:39 | Castor sep |
| | 0758:03 | Thor MECO (T+2:29) |
| | 0758:12 | Thor VECO (T+2:38) |
| | 0758:19 | Thor sep (T+2:47) |
| | 0758:48 | Agena burn (T+3:14) |
| | 0758:57 | Fairing sep |
| | 0802:39 | Agena MECO (T+7:05) | 187? x 1101 x 100.35 |
| | 0848:16 | T+52:42 Agena burn 2 |
| | 0848:21 | T+52:47 Agena MECO-2 0.26 km/s | 108.06 1095 x 1161 x 100 (VCR) |
| | 0852:44 | Agena sep |
| | 0852:46 | Nimbus panel deploy |
| | 0856 | Agena retro-1 |
| | 0905 | Agena retro-2 |
| 1969 Jan 18 | | End of ops |
Payload:
- AVCS Advanced Vidicon Camera System
- MRIR Medium Resolution IR Radiometer