Payload
ERS 15
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ERS 15 is a United States payload satellite, launched on August 19, 1966 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 19, 1966 at 07:25 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- RTS-1 2
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 3,700 km
- Periapsis
- 3,685 km
- Inclination
- 90.34°
- Orbital period
- 167.62 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 5 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1966-077C
- NORAD catalog №
- 2412
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.394 m²
- Status
- active