Payload
COURIER 1B
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COURIER 1B is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 4, 1960 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 4, 1960 at 05:50 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Thor DM-21 Ablestar →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Courier 1B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,209 km
- Periapsis
- 962 km
- Inclination
- 28.33°
- Orbital period
- 106.95 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 227.95 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1960-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 58
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.2843 m²
- Status
- active