Diadème 1
Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:39:39
Wednesday February 8, 1967
Mission Details
Launch Notes
The thrust of the third stage was lower than expected, and the orbit reached was also lower than expected. However, the satellite was able to fulfill its mission.
Diadème 1
The French satellites Diadème 1 and Diadème 2 were geodetic missions. These satellites are magnetically stabilized which limits their trackability in the southern hemisphere. Diadème has the following instrumentation onboard: - Dual frequency Doppler transmitters - Retroreflector array consisting of 2 flattened truncated cones with 77 cube corners per cone for a total of 144 cube corners.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
23 kilograms
Rocket
Manufacturer
AérospatialeRocket
Height: 18.49m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 80 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
274 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 0.65m
Height: 2.16m
Stages
3
Launch Site
Stats
Diamant
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1967
Aérospatiale
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1967
1967
12th
Orbital launch attempt