Space AtlasDISCOVERER 5 CAPSULE
NORAD 26 · Payload · Reentered 1961-02-11
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1959-08-13 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Reentry test
- Mass
- 123 kg
- Size
- 0.8 × 0.7 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 143 × 280 km
- Inclination
- 78.9°
- Period
- 88.6 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0104
- 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.