Payload
ERS 6
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ERS 6 is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 9, 1963 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 9, 1963 at 08:06 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas LV-3 Agena B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Midas 7
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 3,665 km
- Periapsis
- 3,624 km
- Inclination
- 87.35°
- Orbital period
- 166.42 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1963-014C
- NORAD catalog №
- 608
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.7286 m²
- Status
- active