Payload
NIMBUS 5
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
NIMBUS 5 is a United States payload satellite, launched on December 11, 1972 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 11, 1972 at 07:56 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 0900 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Nimbus 5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,100 km
- Periapsis
- 1,087 km
- Inclination
- 99.81°
- Orbital period
- 107.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 763.13 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1972-097A
- NORAD catalog №
- 6305
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2.9256 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational