Space AtlasEXPLORER 9
NORAD 81 · Payload · Reentered 1964-04-09
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1961-02-16 · Wallops Island, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Space science
- Mass
- 6 kg
- Size
- 3.6 × 3.6 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 285 × 559 km
- Inclination
- 38.8°
- Period
- 92.9 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0202
- 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.