Space AtlasTRANSIT 5A
NORAD 509 · Payload · Reentered 1986-09-25
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1962-12-19 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Navigation
- Mass
- 59 kg
- Size
- 0.2 × 0.5 m · 5.5 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 197 × 203 km
- Inclination
- 90.5°
- Period
- 88.4 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005
- 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.