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EXPLORER 20

NORAD 870 · Payload · In orbit since 1964

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Launched
1964-08-25 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
44 kg
Size
0.8 × 0.7 m · 37 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
852 × 993 km
Inclination
79.9°
Period
103.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0097
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.