Payload
TRANSIT 2A
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TRANSIT 2A is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 22, 1960 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 22, 1960 at 05:54 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Thor DM-21 Ablestar →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Transit 2A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 948 km
- Periapsis
- 596 km
- Inclination
- 66.69°
- Orbital period
- 100.28 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 100.1 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1960-007A
- NORAD catalog №
- 45
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.4299 m²
- Status
- active