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DASH 1
DASH 1 was launched on May 9, 1963 aboard a Atlas Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1963-014DNORAD 589United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DASH 1
- International designator
- 1963-014D
- NORAD catalog number
- 589
- GCAT identifier
- S00589
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.040
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DASH
- Owner
- USAF SSD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lincoln Labs, Mass. Inst of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- DASH
Launch
- Date
- May 9, 1963 · 20:06 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-014Success
- Rocket
- Atlas Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad LC1-2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 3,611 km
- Apogee
- 3,676 km
- Inclination
- 87.36°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 9, 1963
- End of operations
- May 9, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 1 kg
- Dry mass
- 1 kg
- Length
- 2.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 2.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49486 (CC0).