Payload
OSCAR 2 (OSCAR II)
DecayedPayloadLEONORAD 305
OSCAR 2 (OSCAR II) is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 2, 1962 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 2, 1962 at 12:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- KH-4 5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 292 km
- Periapsis
- 110 km
- Inclination
- 74.27°
- Orbital period
- 88.51 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 4.96 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.25 × 0.15 × 0.15 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1962-022B
- NORAD catalog №
- 305
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 21, 1962
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 21, 1962
- Time in service
- 19 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed