Orbscan-1 Credit - NASA

Investigate effects of ionosphere on radio signals.

Mass: 37 kg (81 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Atlas F.

• 1968 August 16 - EGRS 11 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. FAILURE: Failure.

• 1968 August 16 - EGRS 12 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. FAILURE: Failure.

• 1968 August 16 - Orbiscal 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. FAILURE: Failure.

• 1968 August 16 - LIDOS - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. FAILURE: Failure.

• 1968 August 16 - AVL-802 Grid Sphere 7-1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. FAILURE: Failure.

• 1968 August 16 - UVR - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. FAILURE: Failure.

• 1968 August 16 - LCS 3 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. FAILURE: Failure. Mass: 37 kg (81 lb).

  First of two Atlas/Burner II space launches. 1 of 13 satellite launch attempts; investigate effects of ionosphere on radio signals.

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• McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited since Sputnik. Accessed at: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.