Payload
VELA 1
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VELA 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 17, 1963 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 17, 1963 at 02:37 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas LV-3 Agena D →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Vela 1A & 1B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 171,357 km
- Periapsis
- 46,855 km
- Inclination
- 32.74°
- Orbital period
- 6509.43 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 148.66 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1963-039C
- NORAD catalog №
- 692
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2 m²
- Status
- active