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OSCAR 2 (OSCAR II)

NORAD 305 · Payload · Reentered 1962-06-21

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Launched
1962-06-02 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
5 kg
Size
0.1 × 0.2 m · 0.3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
110 × 292 km
Inclination
74.3°
Period
88.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0138
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.