Space AtlasEXPLORER 46 (MTS)
NORAD 6142 · Payload · Reentered 1979-11-02
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1972-08-13 · Wallops Island, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Space science
- Mass
- 168 kg
- Size
- 3.2 × 0.6 m · 7 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 219 × 231 km
- Inclination
- 37.7°
- Period
- 88.9 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).