Space AtlasOPS 6564 (VELA 6)
NORAD 1459 · Payload · In orbit since 1965
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1965-07-20 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Early warning
- Mass
- 132 kg
- Size
- 1.4 × 1.4 m
- Orbit class
- Highly elliptical
- Perigee × Apogee
- 54,526 × 168,956 km
- Inclination
- 41.4°
- Period
- 6732.9 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.4844
- 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.