DMSP Block 5A

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Other Designations: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Class: Earth. Type: Weather. Destination: Sun Synchronous Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force.

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

Typical orbit: 743 km x 825 km at 99 degrees inclination. Mass: 195 kg (429 lb).

DMSP Block 5A Chronology

1970 February 11 - DMSP-Block-5A F1 - Program: DMSP. Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC10W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 195 kg (429 lb). Perigee: 749 km (465 mi). Apogee: 840 km (520 mi). Inclination: 98.80 deg. Period: 100.80 min.
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

1970 September 3 - DMSP-Block-5A F2 - Program: DMSP. Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC10W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 195 kg (429 lb). Perigee: 739 km (459 mi). Apogee: 837 km (520 mi). Inclination: 99.00 deg. Period: 100.60 min.
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

1971 February 17 - DMSP Block 5A F3 - Program: DMSP. Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC10W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 195 kg (429 lb). Perigee: 741 km (460 mi). Apogee: 799 km (496 mi). Inclination: 98.70 deg. Period: 100.20 min.
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

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.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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