Payload
OPS 8180 (STP RADSAT)
activePayloadLEONORAD 6217
OPS 8180 (STP RADSAT) is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 2, 1972 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 2, 1972 at 08:10 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Radcat
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 665 km
- Periapsis
- 651 km
- Inclination
- 98.65°
- Orbital period
- 97.89 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 719.52 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.37 × 2.13 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1972-076B
- NORAD catalog №
- 6217
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.3797 m²
- Status
- active