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OPS 8520

NORAD 4406 · Payload · Reentered 1974-03-08

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Launched
1970-05-20 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Signals intelligence
Mass
141 kg
Size
0.3 × 0.8 m · 1.5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
175 × 184 km
Inclination
83.1°
Period
87.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0007
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.