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EXPLORER 29 (GEOS 1)

NORAD 1726 · Payload · In orbit since 1965

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Launched
1965-11-06 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Geodesy
Mass
176 kg
Size
1.1 × 1.2 m · 15 m deployed
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
1,119 × 2,269 km
Inclination
59.4°
Period
120.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0713
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.