Space AtlasTHOR ABLE R/B
NORAD 17 · Rocket body · Reentered 1961-06-30
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1959-08-07 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Rocket body
- Mass
- 24 kg
- Size
- 1.5 × 0.5 m
- Orbit class
- Highly elliptical
- Perigee × Apogee
- 198 × 40,215 km
- Inclination
- 47.1°
- Period
- 718.7 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.7528
- 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.