Biosat 1 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

14 Dec 1966, 7:20pm

Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

Launch Service Provider

Mission

Biosat 1

Mission Type

Biology

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

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.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC

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