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EXPLORER 36 (GEOS 2)

NORAD 3093 · Payload · In orbit since 1968

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Launched
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.