1965 · National Center of Space Research
FR-1
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The FR 1 (France 1) spacecraft was a small spacecraft carrying two experiments. One was designed to observe VLF signals from earth-based transmitters, and the other was an electron density probe measuring electron concentration at the satellite.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 6, 1965 at 09:05 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5
- Mission
- FR-1
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit