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OPS 8480 (TRANSIT 5B-6)

NORAD 1420 · Payload · In orbit since 1965

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Launched
1965-06-24 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
54 kg
Size
0.3 × 0.5 m · 30 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,012 × 1,119 km
Inclination
89.9°
Period
106.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0072
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.