Tempsat
Class: Calibration. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Navy.

Surveillance Calibration; black 14 inch diameter. sphere.

Typical orbit: 1021 km circular orbit, 80 deg inclination. Mass: 9.00 kg (19.80 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Thor Able-Star, Thorad Agena D SLV-2G.


Tempsat Chronology
  • 1965 August 13 - Tempsat 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Thor Able-Star. Mass: 9.00 kg (19.80 lb). Perigee: 1,082 km (672 mi). Apogee: 1,188 km (738 mi). Inclination: 89.90 deg. Period: 108.00 min.

    Surveillance Calibration; black 14 inch dia. sphere. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

  • 1969 September 30 - Tempsat 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2G. Perigee: 899 km (558 mi). Apogee: 924 km (574 mi). Inclination: 70.00 deg. Period: 103.20 min.

    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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