Payload
OPS 8480 (TRANSIT 5B-6)
activePayloadLEONORAD 1420
OPS 8480 (TRANSIT 5B-6) is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 24, 1965 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 24, 1965 at 10:35 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor DM-21 Ablestar →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Transit-O 4
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,121 km
- Periapsis
- 1,009 km
- Inclination
- 89.88°
- Orbital period
- 106.52 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 50.8 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø0.457 × 0.254 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1965-048A
- NORAD catalog №
- 1420
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.4843 m²
- Status
- active