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GGSE 3
GGSE 3 was launched on March 9, 1965 aboard a Thor SLV-2 Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: collided (May 3, 1965).
COSPAR 1965-016CNORAD 1292United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GGSE 3
- Payload designation
- POPPY 4 Delta
- Other names
- NRL PL144,NRO Mission 7104D
- International designator
- 1965-016C
- NORAD catalog number
- 1292
- GCAT identifier
- S01292
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.101
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- POPPY
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Naval Research Lab
- Platform (bus)
- NRL 24"
Launch
- Date
- March 9, 1965 · 18:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-016Success
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2 Agena D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 906 km
- Apogee
- 941 km
- Inclination
- 70.09°
- Status
- Collided
- Status date
- May 3, 1965
- Last known active
- August 1966
- End of operations
- August 1966
Size
- Mass
- 59 kg
- Dry mass
- 59 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 31.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11699133 (CC0).