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OPS 4947 (TRANSIT 17)

NORAD 2965 · Payload · In orbit since 1967

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Launched
1967-09-25 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
50 kg
Size
0.3 × 0.5 m · 30 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,025 × 1,094 km
Inclination
89.3°
Period
106.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0046
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.