Space AtlasOAO 2
NORAD 3597 · Payload · In orbit since 1968
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1968-12-07 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Astronomy
- Mass
- 2,018 kg
- Size
- 3 × 2.1 m · 6.4 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 730 × 738 km
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- Period
- 99.3 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006
- 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.