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Courier 1B
Communications satellite. Courier 1B was launched on October 4, 1960 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1960 NU 1NORAD 58United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Courier 1B
- International designator
- 1960 NU 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 58
- GCAT identifier
- S00058
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Courier
- Owner
- SCEL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- US Army Signal Corps Engineering Labs
- Platform (bus)
- Courier
Launch
- Date
- October 4, 1960 · 17:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 1960 NUSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 943 km
- Apogee
- 1,236 km
- Inclination
- 28.30°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 22, 1960
- End of operations
- Oct 22, 1960
Size
- Mass
- 225 kg
- Dry mass
- 225 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 1.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q63716 (CC0).