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Class: Technology. Type: Gravity gradient. Destination: Geosynchronous Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force.

Gravity gradient stabilization tests.

Typical orbit: 33663 km x 33858 km at 4 degrees inclination. Mass: 47 kg (103 lb).

GGTS Chronology

1966 June 16 - GGTS 1 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC41. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 47 kg (103 lb). Perigee: 33,663 km (20,917 mi). Apogee: 33,858 km (21,038 mi). Inclination: 4.20 deg. Period: 1,334.00 min.
Gravity gradient stabilization tests. 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.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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