Weather
OPS 0203 (DMSP 5A F2)
NonoperationalWeatherLEONORAD 4512
OPS 0203 (DMSP 5A F2) is a United States weather satellite, launched on September 3, 1970 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 3, 1970 at 08:39 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Burner 2 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DSAP-5A F2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 816 km
- Periapsis
- 724 km
- Inclination
- 98.88°
- Orbital period
- 100.24 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 416.25 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.2 × 0.8 × 1.2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1970-070A
- NORAD catalog №
- 4512
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.8849 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational