1966-056A
Pageos, the Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite, was jointly funded by NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Commerce; it was built by G.T. Schjeldahl Co. (Northfield, MN) and the canister and adapter were by Goodyear. Launch was at 0012 on 1966 Jun 24. The canister separated from the Agena D 6311 stage at 0124 and deployment began. The canister contained a balloon which inflated automatically. The bright 30m dia balloon was a target for optical observations. The orbit of Pageos was 181.43 min, 4207 x 4271 km x 87.1 deg.
Launch vehicle was a TAT Agena D managed by LeRC; with launch services by KSC ULO and USAF 6569 ATW.
| Pageos | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 Jun 24 | 0012:02 | Launch by TAT Agena D | V SLC2E |
| 0013:07 | Castor sep (T+1:05) | ||
| 0014:31 | Thor MECO (T+2:29) | ||
| 0014:40 | Thor VECO (T+2:38) | ||
| 0014:46 | Thor sep (T+2:44) | ||
| 0015:06 | Agena burn (T+3:04) | ||
| 0019:03 | Agena MECO (T+7:01) | 164 x 4228 x 87 | |
| 0124:34 | Agena burn 2 (T+1:12:32) 12.3s 778 m/s | ||
| 0124:47 | Agena MECO (T+1:12:45) | 181.31 4223 x 4266 x 86.95 (VCR) | |
| 0126:23 | Payload separation (Canister from Agena) | ||
| 0127:48 | Canister halves separation | ||
| 0128:01 | Fully inflated | ||
| 1966 Jun 24 | 0437 | 181.41 4228 x 4245 x 87.2 | |
| 1966 Nov 6 | 181.20 3432 x 5025 x 86.8 | ||
| 1967 Jan 4 | 181.20 3654 x 4803 x 86.6 | ||
| 1967 Oct 2 | 180.12 2367 x 6006 x 85.7 | ||
| 1968 Sep 8 | 179.64 2096 x 6238 x 84.4 | ||
| 1969 Apr 12 | 179.85 2442 x 5910 x 84.0 | ||
| 1971 Jan 4 | 180.15 3120 x 5255 x 85.4 | ||
| 1971 Jun 16 | 180.30 3445 x 4942 x 85.9 | ||
| 1975 Jan 30 | 179.99 3251 x 5112 x 85.5 | ||
| 1975 Jun 12 | 180.11 3327 x 5045 x 85.2 | ||
| 1975 Jun 12 | |||
| 1975 Aug 30 | 180.06 3108 x 5260 x 85.3 | ||
| 1976 Jan | |||
| 1976 Feb 20 | 179.98 2969 x 5393 x 84.8 | ||
| 1976 Jun 17 | 178.70 1112 x 7150 x 83.6 | ||
| 1976 Sep 5 | 176.61 651 x 7446 x 82.2 | ||
| 1976 Sep 8 | 176.32 448 x 7627 x 82.0 | ||
| 1976 Oct 2 | 176.51 1097 x 6992 x 82.3 | ||
| 1976 Nov 7 | 179.65 2392 x 5943 x 84.4 | ||
| 1983 Dec 3 | 178.31 3433 x 4798 x 84.9 | ||
| 1986 Dec 2 | 178.47 3960 x 4283 x 85.3 | ||
| 1989 Apr 4 | 176.81 1915 x 6198 x 83.6 | ||
| 1992 Jan 23 | 177.85 3094 x 5101 x 84.5 | ||
| 1994 Sep 24 | 177.68 3613 x 4568 x 84.5 | ||
| 1997 Jul 6 | 177.68 3266 x 4915 x 85.6 | ||
| 1998 Apr 17 | 177.46 2997 x 5167 x 85.6 | ||
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