Payload
OSCAR 5 (AO-5)
NonoperationalPayloadLEONORAD 4321
OSCAR 5 (AO-5) is a Australia payload satellite, launched on January 23, 1970 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- January 23, 1970 at 11:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Delta N6 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- ITOS 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,476 km
- Periapsis
- 1,434 km
- Inclination
- 101.32°
- Orbital period
- 115 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Australia
- Launch mass
- 17.84 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.15 × 0.3 × 0.3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1970-008B
- NORAD catalog №
- 4321
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Australia- Radar cross-section
- 0.3327 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational