Weather
OPS 0054 (DMSP 5A F1)
NonoperationalWeatherLEO
OPS 0054 (DMSP 5A F1) is a United States weather satellite, launched on February 11, 1970 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 11, 1970 at 08:40 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Burner 2 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DSAP-5A F1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 817 km
- Periapsis
- 736 km
- Inclination
- 99.01°
- Orbital period
- 100.37 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 416.25 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1970-012A
- NORAD catalog №
- 4331
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.9111 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational