Weather
OPS 1127 (DMSP 4B F3)
NonoperationalWeatherLEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 23, 1969 at 09:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Kosmos 11K63 →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- DS-P1-Yu 23
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 824 km
- Periapsis
- 763 km
- Inclination
- 98.42°
- Orbital period
- 100.73 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1969-062A
- NORAD catalog №
- 4047
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.6115 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational