Space AtlasOPS 6909 (VELA 9)
NORAD 3954 · Payload · In orbit since 1969
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1969-05-23 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Early warning
- Mass
- 250 kg
- Size
- 1.3 × 1.3 m
- Orbit class
- Highly elliptical
- Perigee × Apogee
- 27,064 × 195,670 km
- Inclination
- 89.2°
- Period
- 6700.9 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.7160
- 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.