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Ferret 6
Ferret 6 was launched on November 4, 1964 aboard a Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Nov 5, 1969).
COSPAR 1964-072ANORAD 922United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OPS 3062
- Common name
- Ferret 6
- Payload designation
- Project 698BK Group 3-D
- Other names
- :C,:P,NRO Mission 7157:CM,Ferret 7:JP
- International designator
- 1964-072A
- NORAD catalog number
- 922
- GCAT identifier
- S00922
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.087
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
- November 4, 1964 · 02:12 UTC
- Launch record
- 1964-072Success
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 507 km
- Apogee
- 526 km
- Inclination
- 82.04°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- November 5, 1969
- Last known active
- Nov 8, 1964
- End of operations
- Nov 8, 1964
Size
- Mass
- 526 kg
- Dry mass
- 526 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,526 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9259178 (CC0).