Status
Success
Diadème 2
Launch Time
Wed Feb 15, 1967 10:06 UTC
Wed Feb 15, 1967 10:06 UTC
Last flight of a Diamant A, and last launch from the Hammaguir base.
Rocket
Mission Details
Diadème 2
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
15th orbital launch attempt
Armée de l'Air
4th mission
2nd mission of 1967
3rd successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission
Diamant
4th mission
2nd mission of 1967
3rd successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission