User: anonymous   Login
Location: Unspecified
(41.9083°N, 0.0000°E)
Time: 18:51:48
(UTC+00:00)
Language:

Transit 5B 4 Rocket - Satellite Information

Designation
Spacetrack catalog number 893
COSPAR ID 1964-063-A
Name in Spacetrack catalog THOR ABLESTAR R/B

Satellite Details

Orbit 1,029 x 1,070 km, 90.2°
Category Rocket body
Country/organisation of origin United States
Intrinsic brightness (Magnitude) 5.7 (at 1000km distance, 50% illuminated)
Maximum brightness (Magnitude)5.8 (at perigee, 100% illuminated)

Launch

Date (UTC) 06 October 1964 17:04
Launch siteVandenberg Space Force Base,
United States
Launch vehicle Thor Ablestar
View from orbit pole
 

DLR