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Biosatellite 2
Satellite. Biosatellite 2 was launched on September 7, 1967 aboard a Thor Delta G from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 4, 1967).
COSPAR 1967-083ANORAD 2935United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Biosatellite 2
- Payload designation
- Bios B Adapter
- Other names
- Biosatellite S/N 301:P
- International designator
- 1967-083A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2935
- GCAT identifier
- S02935
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.182
Mission
- Mission type
- Biology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Biosatellite
- Owner
- ARC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Reentry Systems Div
- Platform (bus)
- Biosatellite
Launch
- Date
- September 7, 1967 · 22:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-083Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta G
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 289 km
- Apogee
- 313 km
- Inclination
- 33.46°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 4, 1967
- Last known active
- Sep 11, 1967
- End of operations
- Sep 11, 1967
Size
- Mass
- 194 kg
- Dry mass
- 194 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 435 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 2.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q26096 (CC0).