Payload
RIGIDSPHERE 2 (LCS 4)
OperationalPayloadLEO
RIGIDSPHERE 2 (LCS 4) is a United States payload satellite, launched on August 7, 1971 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 7, 1971 at 12:11 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- SM-65F Atlas →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- LOADS 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 807 km
- Periapsis
- 724 km
- Inclination
- 87.62°
- Orbital period
- 100.15 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 38 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1971-067E
- NORAD catalog №
- 5398
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.9548 m²
- Status
- Operational