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Ferret 2
Ferret 2 was launched on January 16, 1963 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Jan 9, 1969).
COSPAR 1963-003ANORAD 527United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OPS 0180
- Common name
- Ferret 2
- Payload designation
- Project 698BK Group 1-D
- Other names
- :C,:P,NRO Mission 7153:CM,Ferret 3:JP
- International designator
- 1963-003A
- NORAD catalog number
- 527
- GCAT identifier
- S00527
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.030
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SAMOS F-2
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- SAMOS F-2
Launch
- Date
- January 16, 1963 · 21:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-003Success
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 459 km
- Apogee
- 533 km
- Inclination
- 81.89°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- January 9, 1969
- Last known active
- Jan 18, 1963
- End of operations
- Jan 18, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 306 kg
- Dry mass
- 306 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,176 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11697948 (CC0).