Payload
ASTEX 1
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ASTEX 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 17, 1971 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 17, 1971 at 01:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thorad SLV-2G Agena D →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- ASTEX
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 735 km
- Periapsis
- 710 km
- Inclination
- 92.7°
- Orbital period
- 99.25 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,486.62 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1971-089A
- NORAD catalog №
- 5560
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 8.152 m²
- Status
- active