Space AtlasOPS 6679 (VELA 8)
NORAD 2766 · Payload · In orbit since 1967
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1967-04-28 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Early warning
- Mass
- 221 kg
- Size
- 1.3 × 1.3 m
- Orbit class
- Highly elliptical
- Perigee × Apogee
- 57,110 × 167,043 km
- Inclination
- 36.5°
- Period
- 6761.6 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.4641
- 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.