Space AtlasOPS 6582 (TRANSIT 5E-5)
NORAD 959 · Payload · In orbit since 1964
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- 1964-12-13 · Vandenberg, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Astronomy
- Mass
- 77 kg
- Size
- 0.9 × 0.5 m · 5.9 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 996 × 1,057 km
- Inclination
- 90.0°
- Period
- 105.5 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0041
- 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.