Payload
NIMBUS 2
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
NIMBUS 2 is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 15, 1966 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 15, 1966 at 07:55 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor SLV-2A Agena B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Nimbus 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,174 km
- Periapsis
- 1,092 km
- Inclination
- 100.53°
- Orbital period
- 107.97 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 414 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1966-040A
- NORAD catalog №
- 2173
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.959 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational