Space AtlasMERCURY ATLAS 9
NORAD 576 · Payload · Reentered 1963-05-16
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- 1963-05-15 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Space station mission
- Mass
- 1,170 kg
- Size
- 2.9 × 1.8 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 163 × 266 km
- Inclination
- 32.5°
- Period
- 88.6 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0078
- 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.