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OGO 6

NORAD 3986 · Payload · Reentered 1979-10-12

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Launched
1969-06-05 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
620 kg
Size
1.7 × 0.8 m · 18 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
183 × 197 km
Inclination
81.9°
Period
88.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0011
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.