EXPLORER 36 (GEOS 2)
NORAD 3093 · Payload · In orbit since 1968
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- 1968-01-11 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Geodesy
- Mass
- 212 kg
- Size
- 1.1 × 1.2 m · 8.9 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 1,081 × 1,573 km
- Inclination
- 105.8°
- Period
- 112.0 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0320
- 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.