Payload
SOLRAD 3 & INJUN 1
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SOLRAD 3 & INJUN 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 29, 1961 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 29, 1961 at 04:23 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Thor DM-21 Ablestar →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 989 km
- Periapsis
- 867 km
- Inclination
- 66.81°
- Orbital period
- 103.58 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 40.63 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø0.51 × 0.9 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1961-015B
- NORAD catalog №
- 117
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.4239 m²
- Status
- active