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Atlas Centaur 2
Atlas Centaur 2 was launched on November 27, 1963 aboard a Atlas Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit, attached to another object.
COSPAR 1963-047ANORAD 694United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AC-2 Instrumentation Ring
- Common name
- Atlas Centaur 2
- Payload designation
- AC-2
- International designator
- 1963-047A
- NORAD catalog number
- 694
- GCAT identifier
- S00694
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.057
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- AC
- Owner
- NASA LeRC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- General Dynamics/Convair Division (Plant 19)
- Platform (bus)
- AC R&D
Launch
- Date
- November 27, 1963 · 19:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-047Success
- Rocket
- Atlas Centaur
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 469 km
- Apogee
- 1,554 km
- Inclination
- 30.30°
- Status
- In orbit, attached to another object
- Last known active
- Nov 27, 1963
- End of operations
- Nov 27, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 900 kg
- Dry mass
- 900 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 4,300 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 1.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11686926 (CC0).