Alouette 1

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General

Designation	00424 / 62049A
Launch date	29 Sep 1962
Country of origin	Canada
Mission	Scientific: ionosphere study
Perigee/Apogee	988/1021 km
Inclination	80.5°
Period	105.2 min
Launch vehicle	Thor Agena B
Launch site	Vandenberg
Mass at launch	145 kg

Was buit to measure the topside of the ionosphere. It worked, but NASA had initially set up no way of collecting the scientific data.

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External resources

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/database/www-nmc?62-049A

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End of life

Out of service	30 Sep 1972
Cause	desactivated
Decay

Technical data

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Frequency: 136 MHz

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