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Table 1 Mission summary for the OGO programme

From: POGO satellite orbit corrections: an opportunity to improve the quality of the geomagnetic field measurements?

Spacecraft

Launch date

Orbit (km)

Inclination (°)

OGO-2

October 14, 1965

410–1510

87.3

OGO-4

July 28, 1967

410–910

86.0

OGO-6

June 5, 1969

400–1100

82.0

  1. Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (POGO) were the low altitude half of the OGO satellite series, namely OGO-2, OGO-4 and OGO-6 (Langel 1974)
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