Weather
OPS 7869 (DMSP 4B F1)
NonoperationalWeatherLEONORAD 3266
OPS 7869 (DMSP 4B F1) is a United States weather satellite, launched on May 23, 1968 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 23, 1968 at 04:38 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Burner 2 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DSAP-4B F1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 877 km
- Periapsis
- 802 km
- Inclination
- 98.56°
- Orbital period
- 101.7 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 416.25 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø0.8 × 0.7 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1968-042A
- NORAD catalog №
- 3266
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.598 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational