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ANNA 1B
American satellite dedicated to geodesy. ANNA 1B was launched on October 31, 1962 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1962 B MU 1NORAD 446United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ANNA 1B
- International designator
- 1962 B MU 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 446
- GCAT identifier
- S00446
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.022
Mission
- Mission type
- Geodesy
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- ANNA
- Owner
- USN BuWeps
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 1
Launch
- Date
- October 31, 1962 · 08:08 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 B MUSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,081 km
- Apogee
- 1,179 km
- Inclination
- 50.15°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jun 1, 1965
- End of operations
- Jun 1, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 157 kg
- Dry mass
- 157 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.90 m
- Span
- 0.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q17381 (CC0).