PAC
Class: Technology. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

Package Attitude Control; semi-active gravity gradient stabilization tests.

Typical orbit: 486 km x 552 km at 33 degrees inclination. Mass: 120 kg (260 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Delta N.


PAC Chronology
  • 1969 August 9 - PAC 1 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta N. Mass: 120 kg (260 lb). Perigee: 486 km (301 mi). Apogee: 552 km (342 mi). Inclination: 32.90 deg. Period: 95.00 min.

    Package Attitude Control; semi-active gravity gradient stabilization tests. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).


Bibliography and Further Reading
  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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