Payload
OSCAR 3 (OSCAR III)
NonoperationalPayloadLEONORAD 1293
OSCAR 3 (OSCAR III) is a United States payload satellite, launched on March 9, 1965 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 9, 1965 at 06:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor SLV-2 Agena D →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Poppy 6A,B,C,D
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 877 km
- Periapsis
- 853 km
- Inclination
- 70.07°
- Orbital period
- 102.24 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 15 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.2 × 0.4 × 0.4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1965-016F
- NORAD catalog №
- 1293
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.2142 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational