Weather
OPS 8579 (DMSP 5B F5)
NonoperationalWeatherLEONORAD 7218
OPS 8579 (DMSP 5B F5) is a United States weather satellite, launched on March 16, 1974 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 16, 1974 at 08:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Burner 2A →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DMSP-5B F5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 824 km
- Periapsis
- 745 km
- Inclination
- 98.99°
- Orbital period
- 100.55 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 508.42 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.1 × 0.8 × 2.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1974-015A
- NORAD catalog №
- 7218
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.123 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational