1965 · United States Air Force
GEOS A
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The GEOS 1 (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a gravity-gradient-stabilized, solar-cell powered unit designed exclusively for geodetic studies.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 6, 1965 at 06:38 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Mission
- GEOS A
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit