Payload
OPS 1570 (DSP 3)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 5851
OPS 1570 (DSP 3) is a United States payload satellite, launched on March 1, 1972 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 1, 1972 at 09:39 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIC →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DSP 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,958 km
- Periapsis
- 35,890 km
- Inclination
- 0.4°
- Orbital period
- 1443.13 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 860 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.8 × 6.9 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1972-010A
- NORAD catalog №
- 5851
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational