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TRANSIT 1B

NORAD 31 · Payload · Reentered 1967-10-05

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Launched
1960-04-13 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
121 kg
Size
0.9 × 0.9 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
201 × 220 km
Inclination
51.2°
Period
88.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0014
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.