EXPLORER 44 (SOLRAD-10)
NORAD 5317 · Payload · Reentered 1979-12-15
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1971-07-08 · Wallops Island, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Astronomy
- Mass
- 119 kg
- Size
- 0.8 × 0.6 m · 2 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 205 × 213 km
- Inclination
- 51.1°
- Period
- 88.5 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006
- 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.