Long Rod (booms not extended) [NRL]
Long Rod was a small passive radar calibration satellite built for the Naval Research Lab (NRL), which deployed two booms.
Long Rod was built by deHaviland Canada and had a weight of only 2.7 kg. It consisted of two boxes deploying each an long wire antenna in opposite directions to a distance of more than 60 m in total.
It was launched together with Dodecapole 2 (Porcupine 2) and other small payloads 13.08.1965 on a Thor-DSV2A Able-Star launch vehicle from Vandenberg AFB and operated satisfactorily.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Calibration |
Operator: | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) |
Contractors: | deHaviland Canada |
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Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Batteries |
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Mass: | 2.7 kg |
Orbit: | 1083 km × 1190 km, 90.02° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Long Rod (NavSpaSurRod) | 1965-065G | 13.08.1965 | Va 75-1-1 | Thor-DSV2A Able-Star | with Transit-O 5, Tempsat 1, Dodecapole 2, Calsphere 2, Surcal 5 |