Biosatellite 1

  1966-114A

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Biosatellite I (Biosatellite A), spacecraft 302, was launched at 1920 on 1966 Dec 14 by Delta G from LC17 at Cape Kennedy. Orbit insertion was at 1929 into a 90.4 min, 295 x 309 km x 33.5 deg orbit. The reentry vehicle carried an experiment capsule with an assortment of small biological specimens. Return was scheduled for Dec 17 on orbit 47; the adapter section separated successfully but the retro motor failed to fire and the reentry vehicle remained in orbit, reentering on 1967 Feb 15 and landing in the ocean near Australia. A search was carried out but the capsule was not recovered. The adapter section reentered on 1967 Feb 15.

Biosatellite 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Dec 14	1920:03	Launch by Delta G	CK LC17A
		T+0:43 SRM out
		T+1:10 SRM sep
	1922:32	T+2:29 Thor S/N 20211 MECO
	1922	T+2:34s Stage 1 sep
	1922	T+2:34s Delta S/N 20201 burn 6:18
	1929	T+9:11s Delta SECO
	1930	Delta sep	90.4 295 x 309 x 33.5
	1938	Mag boom deploy
1966 Dec 17	1730	Rev 46: deorbit mode
1966 Dec 17	1750?	Adapter sep, rev 47/ orbit 46
1966 Dec 20	0600		90.55 291 x 311 x 33.5
1967 Jan 10		Adapter reentry
1967 Jan 29			89.66 254 x 260 x 33.5
1967 Feb 14	0146		88.11 180 x 180 x 33.5
1967 Feb 15		RV reentry over Australia