Status
Partial Failure
Diadème 1
Launch Time
Wed Feb 08, 1967 09:39 UTC
Wed Feb 08, 1967 09:39 UTC
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.
Rocket
Mission Details
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 23.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Brigitte, Hammaguir, Algeria, France
Stats
1967
12th orbital launch attempt
Armée de l'Air
3rd mission
1st mission of 1967
Diamant
3rd mission
1st mission of 1967