EXPLORER 29 [GEOS 1] SATELLITE LIFTS OFF FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 17A ABOARD A DELTA LAUNCH VEHICLE

[KSC-65P-0205]

  • Photo Number: KSC-65P-0205

  • Release Date: 06-Nov-1965

  • Keywords: EXPLORER 29 SATELLITE,GEOS 1 SATELLITE,DELTA LAUNCH VEHICLE,LAUNCHES,LAUNCH COMPLEX 17A,SERVICE STRUCTURE
    • Description: A three hundred eighty five pound geodetic Explorer spacecraft, designated GEOS-A, was launched from Pad 17-A atop a thrust augmented improved Delta, at 1:38 PM EST today. The spacecraft contains five geodetic instrumentation systems to provide simultaneous measurements that scientists require to establish a more precise model of the Earth's gravitational field, and to map a world coordinate system relating points on, or near the surface to the common center of mass. This will be the first launch for the improved Delta second stage.

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