Payload
PORCUPINE 1
activePayloadLEONORAD 1272
PORCUPINE 1 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
- 928 km
- Periapsis
- 898 km
- Inclination
- 70.08°
- Orbital period
- 103.26 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.2 × 0.2 × 15.2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1965-016H
- NORAD catalog №
- 1272
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.2365 m²
- Status
- active