Payload
ALOUETTE 2
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ALOUETTE 2 is a Canada payload satellite, launched on November 29, 1965 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 29, 1965 at 04:48 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor SLV-2 Agena B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Alouette 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 2,611 km
- Periapsis
- 501 km
- Inclination
- 79.8°
- Orbital period
- 117.23 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Canada
- Launch mass
- 143.71 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1965-098A
- NORAD catalog №
- 1804
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 0.9848 m²
- Status
- active