Payload
OPS 6577 (VELA 5)
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OPS 6577 (VELA 5) is a United States payload satellite, launched on July 20, 1965 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 20, 1965 at 08:27 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas LV-3 Agena D →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Vela 3A & 3B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 171,667 km
- Periapsis
- 51,775 km
- Inclination
- 28.75°
- Orbital period
- 6731.78 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 234 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1965-058A
- NORAD catalog №
- 1458
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.003 m²
- Status
- active