TRANSIT 3B & LOFTI 1

NORAD 87 · Payload · Reentered 1961-03-30

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Launched: 1961-02-22 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Navigation
Mass: 170 kg
Size: 0.9 × 0.9 m
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 135 × 225 km
Inclination: 28.4°
Period: 87.9 min
Eccentricity: 0.0069
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).