Payload
RELAY 1 (A-15)
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RELAY 1 (A-15) is a United States payload satellite, launched on December 13, 1962 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 13, 1962 at 11:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Delta B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Relay 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 7,430 km
- Periapsis
- 1,327 km
- Inclination
- 47.51°
- Orbital period
- 185.05 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 77.3 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1962-068A
- NORAD catalog №
- 503
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.9221 m²
- Status
- active