Space AtlasCOSMOS 3 (SPUTNIK 13)
NORAD 281 · Payload · Reentered 1962-10-17
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1962-04-24 · Kapustin Yar, Russia
- Country / operator
- CIS (Russia / CIS)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Technology demonstration
- Mass
- 251 kg
- Size
- 1.8 × 1.2 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 193 × 253 km
- Inclination
- 49.0°
- Period
- 88.8 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0045
- 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.