Payload
SOLRAD 6
DecayedPayloadLEO
SOLRAD 6 is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 15, 1963 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 15, 1963 at 02:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Agena D →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Poppy 4A & 4B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 275 km
- Periapsis
- 148 km
- Inclination
- 69.86°
- Orbital period
- 88.73 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 38.65 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1963-021C
- NORAD catalog №
- 599
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- August 1, 1963
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- August 1, 1963
- Time in service
- 47 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed