DISCOVERER 38
NORAD 247 · Payload · Reentered 1962-03-21
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- 1962-02-27 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Optical imaging
- Mass
- 184 kg
- Size
- 2.3 × 1.5 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 182 × 201 km
- Inclination
- 82.2°
- Period
- 88.2 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0014
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).