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EXPLORER 29 (GEOS 1)

activePayloadMEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
November 6, 1965 at 06:38 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Thor Delta E →
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
GEOS A
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
2,270 km
Periapsis
1,118 km
Inclination
59.38°
Orbital period
120.29 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1965-089A
NORAD catalog №
1726
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
1.2963 m²
Status
active