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Biosatellite
Biosat 3
Biosat 3
Credit: NASA
American biology satellite. Biosatellite was a NASA spacecraft designed in the early 1960's to study the effects of the space environment on living organisms in missions. Life Science satellite built by General Electric Co. for NASA Ames Research Center, USA. Launched 1966 - 1969.

AKA: Biosat. Status: Operational 1966. First Launch: 1966-12-14. Last Launch: 1969-06-29. Number: 3 . Gross mass: 542 kg (1,194 lb).

It was equipped with a re-entry capsule to return the test plants and animals to earth after a month in low earth orbit. Management and technical problems resulted in the third satellite taking a monkey into orbit only three weeks before the first American human being set foot on the moon. The mission was terminated after only nine days and the monkey died soon after return to earth. The project became the subject of enormous derision in the press, and three further planned missions were canceled.


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Family: Biology. Country: USA. Engines: Star 12. Launch Vehicles: Thor, Delta, Thor Delta G, Thor Delta N. Launch Sites: Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral LC17B, Cape Canaveral LC17A. Agency: NASA. Bibliography: 2, 279, 297, 6, 6390, 12158.
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Biosat 1Biosat 1
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Biosatellite 1Biosatellite 1
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1966 December 14 - . 19:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17A. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Thor Delta G.
1967 September 7 - . 22:04 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17B. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Thor Delta G.
1969 June 29 - . 03:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17A. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Thor Delta N.

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