Payload
EXPLORER 29 (GEOS 1)
activePayloadMEONORAD 1726
EXPLORER 29 (GEOS 1) is a United States payload satellite, launched on November 6, 1965 into MEO.
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
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 2,270 km
- Periapsis
- 1,118 km
- Inclination
- 59.38°
- Orbital period
- 120.29 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 173.44 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.2 × 1.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1965-089A
- NORAD catalog №
- 1726
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.2963 m²
- Status
- active