Payload
OPS 6638 (VELA 7)
activePayloadHEONORAD 2765
OPS 6638 (VELA 7) is a United States payload satellite, launched on April 28, 1967 into HEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- April 28, 1967 at 10:01 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIC →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Vela 4A & 4B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 170,388 km
- Periapsis
- 51,791 km
- Inclination
- 40.8°
- Orbital period
- 6677.87 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 331 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.17 × 1.42 × 1.42 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1967-040A
- NORAD catalog №
- 2765
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.003 m²
- Status
- active