Payload
OSCAR 6 (AO-6)
NonoperationalPayloadLEONORAD 6236
OSCAR 6 (AO-6) is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 15, 1972 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 15, 1972 at 05:19 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 0300 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- NOAA 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,455 km
- Periapsis
- 1,448 km
- Inclination
- 101.99°
- Orbital period
- 114.9 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 15.86 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.15 × 0.3 × 0.3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1972-082B
- NORAD catalog №
- 6236
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.2645 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational