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Class: Military. Type: Target. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology. Typical orbit: 131 km x 261 km at 97 degrees inclination. Mass: 7.00 kg (15.40 lb).
Bluebell Chronology - 1966 February 15 - Bluebell 2S (Sphere) - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Mass: 4.00 kg (8.80 lb). Perigee: 147 km (91 mi). Apogee: 268 km (166 mi). Inclination: 96.50 deg. Period: 88.60 min.
Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
- 1966 February 15 - Bluebell 2C (Cylinder) - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Mass: 9.00 kg (19.80 lb). Perigee: 115 km (71 mi). Apogee: 253 km (157 mi). Inclination: 96.50 deg. Period: 88.10 min.
Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- Lockheed Martin Coporation, Atlas Family Fact Sheets, September 1998.. Web Address when accessed: http://www.lmco.com/ILS/txtmain/ils_lsysinfo.htm.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
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