Payload
NIMBUS 3
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
NIMBUS 3 is a United States payload satellite, launched on April 14, 1969 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 14, 1969 at 07:54 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thorad SLV-2G Agena D →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Nimbus 3
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,129 km
- Periapsis
- 1,070 km
- Inclination
- 99.71°
- Orbital period
- 107.25 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 569.87 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1969-037A
- NORAD catalog №
- 3890
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2.3971 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational