Payload
POLAR
Partially operationalPayloadHEO
POLAR is a United States payload satellite, launched on February 24, 1996 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 24, 1996 at 11:24 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7925-10 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Polar
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 52,058 km
- Periapsis
- 6,168 km
- Inclination
- 79.85°
- Orbital period
- 1109 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,246.78 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1996-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23802
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 6.0269 m²
- Status
- Partially operational