Payload
OPS 1117 (TRANSIT 12)
activePayloadLEONORAD 2119
OPS 1117 (TRANSIT 12) is a United States payload satellite, launched on March 26, 1966 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 26, 1966 at 03:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Scout A →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Transit-O 8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,089 km
- Periapsis
- 871 km
- Inclination
- 89.61°
- Orbital period
- 104.7 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 50.8 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø0.457 × 0.254 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1966-024A
- NORAD catalog №
- 2119
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.2861 m²
- Status
- active