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EXPLORER 27

NORAD 1328 · Payload · In orbit since 1965

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Launched
1965-04-29 · Wallops Island, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
55 kg
Size
0.3 × 1.2 m · 4.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
933 × 1,293 km
Inclination
41.2°
Period
107.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0241
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.