Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
National Center of Space Research
Provider type
Government
Orbit
PO
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Sun, 05 Dec 1971 16:20:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#1292 ever
Mission
Satellite similar to Tournesol (detect the presence of hydrogen in several directions of the celestial sphere) but in a more polar orbit. It failed to reach orbit.