- Home
- Spacecraft
- Ferret 8
Ferret 8
Ferret 8 was launched on July 17, 1965 aboard a Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Dec 18, 1968).
COSPAR 1965-055ANORAD 1447United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OPS 8411
- Common name
- Ferret 8
- Payload designation
- Project 770 Group 1-A
- Other names
- :C,:P,NRO Mission 7158:CM,Ferret 8:JP
- International designator
- 1965-055A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1447
- GCAT identifier
- S01447
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.112
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
- July 17, 1965 · 05:55 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-055Success
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 469 km
- Apogee
- 512 km
- Inclination
- 70.19°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- December 18, 1968
- Last known active
- Sep 6, 1965
- End of operations
- Sep 6, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 600 kg
- Dry mass
- 600 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,600 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 Q28697229 (CC0).