Biosat 3

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 29 June 1969, 03:15 am UTC

Rocket: Thor Delta N (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Biology

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

The objectives of the Biosatellite, a.k.a. Biosat, Bios (Biological Satellite), were to determine the biological effects of the space environment upon daily rhythms of living organisms and to obtain and analyze available data on the performance in orbit of life support, altitude control, and other spacecraft systems, including instrumentation for recording biological data.