Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office

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Launch
Internations Vehicle
Payload Data
Date
Designation
Name
Nov. 5 USAF Spacecraft 1962 Beta- Thor- Not available.
(United States). I Omicron Agena.
Nov. 11
1962 Beta- -4tlas- Not available.
Pi Agena.
Nov. 21 ___________._
Blue Not available.
scout.
Nov. 24
1962 Beta- Thor- Not available.
Rho Agena B
Dec. 14 USAF Spacecraft ' 1962 Beta- Thor- Not available.
(United States). I Sigma Agena.
Dec. 12
Dec. 13
USAF Spacecraft 1962 Betamted
States). Tau 1
(u 'and
INlUN 3 ___________ 1962 Beta-
Tau 2
and 1962 Beta-
Tau 3
and 1962 Beta
Tau 4
RELAY I (United 1962 Beta-
States).
Upsilon
Thor-
Agena.
Not available.
Not available.
Not available.
Not available.
Total weight: 172 lbs.
Obiective: Orbit active reuenter
Dec. 14
USAB &XW3X3ft 1962 Beta-
(United States). I Phi
space radiation and amount of damage
it does to solar cells and electrical
components.
Pavload: 33" x 29" octaeonal urism.
damage diode and radiation moni-
toring e)xperimknts; 8,215 solar cells:
3 nickel-cadmium batteries; 5 external
antennas.
Not available.
Apogee
(st. mi.)
249.79.--
Not avail
able.
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196.98..-
174.61---.
1,731.22-.
1,726.87..
H-4
1,699.45.
1,728.65.
4,611.18-.
237.37. - - .
Perigee
(st. mi.)
129.86.--.
Not avail
able.
-.-___-_-.
128.63..-.
119.31.--.
144.79. --.
154. 11 -...
136.81---.
144.78..-.
828.91 - - -.
124.9-..-.
Period
(minutes)
Inclination
Remarks
750- .. __ Reentered 12/3/62.
Not
available
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Reentered 11/12/62.
Information not available.
65.15"-- Re-entered 12/13/62.
65'--- ._ Marked 100th Thor launch as
space booster, of which 93 were
successful. Reentered 12/8/62.
70.36O.- Still in orbit.
70.34'. . Still in orbit.
70.29".- Still in orbit.
70.35O.- Still in orbit.
47.48O.. Power failure in satellite made it
impossible to receive communications
from RELAY I in early
days of the flight; all satellite
systems except command receiver
were turned off in hope
that solar cells would build up
battery charge. on 1/3/63 first
intercontinenti test patterns
were transmitted fromsatellite.
Still in orbit; still transmitting.
70.97'. -
Still in orbit.