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COURIER 1B

NORAD 58 · Payload · In orbit since 1960

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Launched
1960-10-04 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
225 kg
Size
1.3 × 1.3 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
962 × 1,208 km
Inclination
28.3°
Period
106.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0165
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.