Payload
OPS 9431 (DSCS 2-1)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
OPS 9431 (DSCS 2-1) is a United States payload satellite, launched on November 3, 1971 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 3, 1971 at 03:09 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIC →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- DSCS-2 1 & 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,806 km
- Periapsis
- 35,770 km
- Inclination
- 1.6°
- Orbital period
- 1436.17 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 517.34 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1971-095A
- NORAD catalog №
- 5587
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2.6104 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational