Space AtlasOSCAR 6 (AO-6)
NORAD 6236 · Payload · In orbit since 1972
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1972-10-15 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Communications
- Mass
- 18 kg
- Size
- 0.2 × 0.4 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 1,447 × 1,455 km
- Inclination
- 102.0°
- Period
- 114.7 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.