Payload
NNSS 20 (TRANSIT 20)
activePayloadLEONORAD 6909
NNSS 20 (TRANSIT 20) is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 30, 1973 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 30, 1973 at 12:37 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Scout A-1 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Transit-O 20
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,107 km
- Periapsis
- 882 km
- Inclination
- 89.86°
- Orbital period
- 104.99 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 57.48 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø0.46 × 0.25 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1973-081A
- NORAD catalog №
- 6909
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.2826 m²
- Status
- active