Satellites

Payload

OPS 0165

DecayedPayloadLEO

OPS 0165 is a United States payload satellite, launched on September 18, 1968 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 18, 1968 at 09:32 PM UTC
Launch site
Vandenberg SFB, USA
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
KH-4A 48

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
274 km
Periapsis
167 km
Inclination
83.03°
Orbital period
88.91 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
1,982.16 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1968-078A
NORAD catalog №
3408
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 8, 1968

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 8, 1968
Time in service
20 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed