VELA 1

NORAD 692 · Payload · In orbit since 1963

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Launched: 1963-10-17 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Early warning
Mass: 115 kg
Size: 1.4 × 1.4 m
Orbit class: Highly elliptical
Perigee × Apogee: 46,855 × 171,357 km
Inclination: 32.7°
Period: 6508.8 min
Eccentricity: 0.5391
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.