Space AtlasEXPLORER 42 (SAS-1)
NORAD 4797 · Payload · Reentered 1979-04-05
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1970-12-12 · San Marco platform, Kenya
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Astronomy
- Mass
- 143 kg
- Size
- 1.3 × 0.6 m · 3.9 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 272 × 272 km
- Inclination
- 3.0°
- Period
- 89.8 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).