OSCAR 3 (OSCAR III)

NORAD 1293 · Payload · In orbit since 1965

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Launched: 1965-03-09 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Communications
Mass: 15 kg
Size: 0.2 × 0.4 m · 1.4 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 854 × 876 km
Inclination: 70.1°
Period: 102.1 min
Eccentricity: 0.0015
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.