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OTS 2

Success US Air Force, Delta 3914

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Experimental communications satellite developed by ESRO and operated by ESA

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Rocket and boosterDelta 3914
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Delta 3914

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MissionCommunications · Direct-GEO

Communications · Direct-GEO

What it put in orbit3 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
OTS-2 1978-044A Payload 36062 × 36151 km · 7.8° Globe
DELTA 1 R/B(1) 1978-044B Rocket body 1569 × 3524 km · 27.9° Globe
DELTA 1 R/B(2) 1978-044C Rocket body re-entered 1991-10-23

COSPAR ID 1978-044. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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