Payload
AURORA 1
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AURORA 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 29, 1967 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 29, 1967 at 09:01 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Burner 2 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Aurora 1 & SECOR 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 3,945 km
- Periapsis
- 3,799 km
- Inclination
- 89.98°
- Orbital period
- 172.13 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 21 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1967-065B
- NORAD catalog №
- 2876
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.6012 m²
- Status
- active