Space AtlasEXPLORER 16
NORAD 506 · Payload · In orbit since 1962
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1962-12-16 · Wallops Island, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Space science
- Mass
- 76 kg
- Size
- 2.2 × 0.6 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 741 × 1,146 km
- Inclination
- 52.0°
- Period
- 103.8 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0277
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).