SOICAL Cone (Space Object Identification Calibration - Cone) was an Air Force surveillance calibration spacecraft launched from Vandenberg AFB aboard a Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D rocket.
SOICAL was also known as S69-4 in the STP program. Two SOICAl satellites were on this launch: one in shape of a cylinder (SOICAL Cylinder), the other in the shape of a cone.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Calibration |
| Operator: | US Air Force |
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| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | None |
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| Mass: | ? |
| Orbit: | 844 km × 870 km, 70° |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| SOICAL Cone (S69-4(a)) | 30.09.1969 | Va SLC-1W | Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | with Timation 2, Tempsat 2, SOICAL Cylinder, Poppy 6, NRL-PL 162, NRL-PL 163, NRL-PL 164, NRL-PL 176, SSF-B 17 |
