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SuccessAlouette 1 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Saturday, Sep 29, 1962, 06:05 UTC
Launch window
Saturday, Sep 29, 1962, 06:05 UTC – Saturday, Sep 29, 1962, 06:05 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Alouette 1
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with an ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle detector, and a cosmic noise experiment.
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