EXPLORER 29 (GEOS 1)
NORAD 1726 · Payload · In orbit since 1965
View in the 3D atlas →- 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.