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Class: Military. Type: Target. 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).

Tempsat Chronology

1965 August 13 - Tempsat 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2E. Launch Vehicle: Delta. 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 Complex: SLC1W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. 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:

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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