Status
Success
Alouette 1 & TAVE
Launch Time
Sat Sep 29, 1962 06:05 UTC
Sat Sep 29, 1962 06:05 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Alouette 1
Alouette 1 is a deactivated Canadian satellite that studied the ionosphere. It was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States. Canada was the fourth country to operate a satellite, as the British Ariel 1, constructed in the United States by NASA, preceded Alouette 1 by five months.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 147.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-2E (75-1-1), Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
1962
56th orbital launch attempt
Thor-Agena
54th mission
18th mission of 1962
38th successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission