United States Air Force

GEOS B

Thor Delta E1

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, January 11, 1968 · 16:16 UTC

Mission

/01

The GEOS 1 (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a gravity-gradient-stabilized, solar-cell powered unit designed exclusively for geodetic studies.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Thor Delta E1

Variant: Delta E1

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.752° N, 120.619° W

34

Pad Launches

286

Location Launches

435

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2

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