Payload
OPS 6679 (VELA 8)
activePayloadHEONORAD 2766
OPS 6679 (VELA 8) 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
- 167,043 km
- Periapsis
- 57,110 km
- Inclination
- 36.49°
- Orbital period
- 6762.19 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 348 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.17 × 1.42 × 1.42 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1967-040B
- NORAD catalog №
- 2766
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.003 m²
- Status
- active