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Chronology
29 events
1962 August 7
00:47 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kronogard.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- Air sample Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: AFCRL,
RTG.
Apogee: 105 km (65 mi).
1962 August 7
22:02 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kronogard.
Launch Vehicle:
Arcas.
- Air sample Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: AFCRL,
RTG.
Apogee: 70 km (43 mi).
1962 August 11
01:48 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kronogard.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- Air sample Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: AFCRL,
RTG.
Apogee: 105 km (65 mi).
1962 August 19
00:57 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kronogard.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- Air sample Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: AFCRL,
RTG.
Apogee: 109 km (67 mi).
1962 August 31
00:56 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kronogard.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- Air sample Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: AFCRL,
RTG.
Apogee: 111 km (68 mi).
1963 July 27
00:10 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kronogard.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- Grenades Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 126 km (78 mi).
1963 July 29
23:28 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kronogard.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- Grenades Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 128 km (79 mi).
1963 August 1
23:27 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kronogard.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- Grenades Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 126 km (78 mi).
1963 August 7
22:29 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kronogard.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- Grenades Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 130 km (80 mi).
1963 October 8
19:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
White Sands.
LV Family:
Arcas.
Launch Vehicle:
Boosted Arcas.
- UJO-1 Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 89 km (55 mi).
1963 October 10
16:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
White Sands.
LV Family:
Arcas.
Launch Vehicle:
Boosted Arcas.
- UJO-2 Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 81 km (50 mi).
1963 December 13
19:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
White Sands.
LV Family:
Arcas.
Launch Vehicle:
Boosted Arcas.
- UJO-3 Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 99 km (61 mi).
1964 March 6
23:25 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Arcas.
Launch Vehicle:
Boosted Arcas.
- UJO-4 (Na / Li) Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 97 km (60 mi).
1965 March 1
13:12 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Andoya.
LV Family:
Arcas.
Launch Vehicle:
Boosted Arcas.
- UJO-5 (Uppsala) Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 95 km (59 mi).
1965 March 2
20:09 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Andoya.
LV Family:
Arcas.
Launch Vehicle:
Boosted Arcas.
- UJO-7 Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).
1968 October 24
20:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Arcas.
Launch Vehicle:
Boosted Arcas 2.
- RTG SA1 / 1-K68 Ionosphere / aurora mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 104 km (64 mi).
1969 January 17
00:02 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Andoya.
LV Family:
Arcas.
Launch Vehicle:
Boosted Arcas 2.
FAILURE: Failure.
- RTG SA1 / 2-A69 Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 7.00 km (4.30 mi).
1969 January 17
18:34 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- RTG SNC 2A / 1 Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 117 km (72 mi).
1969 January 18
19:23 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Andoya.
LV Family:
Arcas.
Launch Vehicle:
Boosted Arcas 2.
- RTG SA1 / 3-A69 Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 99 km (61 mi).
1969 January 19
19:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- RTG SNC 2B / 2 Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1969 January 23
23:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- RTG SNC 2A / 3 Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 116 km (72 mi).
1969 January 25
21:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Deacon.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Cajun.
- RTG SNC 2A / 4 Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 118 km (73 mi).
1970 March 19
02:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Skua.
Launch Vehicle:
Skua 2.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: UK.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 108 km (67 mi).
1970 March 19
03:23 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Skua.
Launch Vehicle:
Skua 2.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: UK.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 108 km (67 mi).
1970 March 19
03:56 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Skua.
Launch Vehicle:
Skua 2.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: UK.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 101 km (62 mi).
1970 March 19
04:28 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Skua.
Launch Vehicle:
Skua 2.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: UK.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 105 km (65 mi).
1970 March 19
05:18 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Skua.
Launch Vehicle:
Skua 2.
- Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - .
Nation: UK.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 105 km (65 mi).
1970 August 9
23:40 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
Launch Vehicle:
Petrel.
- RTG SP4 Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: UK.
Agency: RTG.
Apogee: 147 km (91 mi).
1972 February 7
23:33 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Kiruna.
LV Family:
Tomahawk.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Tomahawk.
- RTG SNT 7 / 1 (S7-1) Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NASA,
RTG.
Apogee: 180 km (110 mi).