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Diapason D-1A
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 17 Feb 1966, 08:33 am UTC
Rocket: Diamant A (Diamant)
Provider: National Center of Space Research
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Brigitte, Interarmy Special Vehicles Test Centre, French Algeria
Mission Description
Diapason was a small cylindrical satellite, 20 cm long and 50 cm in diameter which was used for making geodetic measurements.