Transit T-2

  1975-099A

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APL's Transit Improvement Program 2 satellite was launched in Oct 1975. The main experiment experienced issues due to problems with the solar panels but the experimental ion micro-thrusters were tested successfully.

TIP 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Oct 12	0639:36	Launch by Scout D-1	V SLC5
		T+1:21 St 1 burnout
		T+1:25 St 2 burn
		T+2:04 St 2 burnout
		T+2:15 Heatshield
		T+2:17 St 3 burn
		T+2:50 St 3 burnout
		T+7:46 Spin motor
		T+7:48 St 3 sep
	0647?	T+7:53? St 4 burn
	0648:03?	T+8:27? St 4 burnout
	0648?	St 4 sep
			95.3 362 x 705 x 90.7
1975 Oct		Solar panels failed?
1975 Dec 8			85.53 365 x 722 x 90.7
1975 Dec 24			97.41 452 x 816 x 90.5
1975 Dec 30			98.16 523 x 817 x 90.4
1976 Mar 1			98.39 541 x 821 x 80.3
1976 Mar 6			98.64 567 x 818 x 80.4
1976 Mar 22		Orbit raise	98.85 585 x 821 x 90.4
1976?		Decommissioned
1991 May 26		Reentered