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GEOS-A
NASA artificial satellite. GEOS-A was launched on November 6, 1965 aboard a Thor Delta E from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1965-089ANORAD 1726United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Explorer 29
- Common name
- GEOS-A
- Payload designation
- GEOS A
- International designator
- 1965-089A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1726
- GCAT identifier
- S01726
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.122
Mission
- Mission type
- Geodesy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Explorer BE
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- ANNA
Launch
- Date
- November 6, 1965 · 18:38 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-089Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,117 km
- Apogee
- 2,273 km
- Inclination
- 59.38°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 17, 1967
- End of operations
- Dec 17, 1967
Size
- Mass
- 176 kg
- Dry mass
- 176 kg
- Length
- 1.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 15.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16334342 (CC0).