flown missionSuccess
Thor Delta G | Biosat 2
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 17B — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Biosat 2
- Type
- Biology
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
The objectives of the Biosatellite, a.k.a. Biosat, Bios (Biological Satellite), were to determine the biological effects of the space environment upon daily rhythms of living organisms and to obtain and analyze available data on the performance in orbit of life support, altitude control, and other spacecraft systems, including instrumentation for recording biological data.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor Delta G
- Family
- Thor
- Variant
- Delta G
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4458, -80.5657