Payload
NTS 2
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NTS 2 is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 23, 1977 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 23, 1977 at 08:17 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas F/SVS →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- NTS 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 20,382 km
- Periapsis
- 20,001 km
- Inclination
- 63.08°
- Orbital period
- 718.36 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 427.16 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1977-053A
- NORAD catalog №
- 10091
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 3.033 m²
- Status
- active