Space AtlasFTV 2301
NORAD 242 · Payload · Reentered 1962-03-04
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- 1962-02-21 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Signals intelligence
- Mass
- 289 kg
- Size
- 4 × 1.5 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 169 × 220 km
- Inclination
- 81.9°
- Period
- 88.2 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0039
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).