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Tempsat 1
Start of mission

Mission type	Radar Calibration Object
Operator	United States Navy
COSPAR ID	1965-065E
SATCAT no.	1512


Launch date	13 August 1965 (1965-08-13)
Rocket	Thor Ablestar
Launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base launch site SLC2E


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	LEO
Semi-major axis	7,512 kilometers (4,668 mi)
Eccentricity	0.02618
Perigee altitude	1,088.8 kilometers (676.5 mi)
Apogee altitude	1,193.4 kilometers (741.5 mi)
Inclination	89.9°
Period	108 minutes

Tempsat-1 was a United States Navy Radar calibration object, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Thor Ablestar on August 13, 1965. It was a 14 inches (36 cm), unguided sphere. It was mainly used in investigation of spacecraft technology and orbits.

References

"Technical details for satellite TEMPSAT 1". N2YO.com - Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
"Encyclopedia Astronautica Index: T". www.astronautix.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
"NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
Vitek, Antonin. "1965-065E - Tempsat 1". www.lib.cas.cz. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
"Tempsat 1, 2". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2018-04-16.

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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

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