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GRAB 3
U.S. solar X-ray and surveillance satellite. GRAB 3 was launched on June 29, 1961 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1961 OMI 2NORAD 117United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Injun I
- Common name
- GRAB 3
- Payload designation
- Injun 1
- International designator
- 1961 OMI 2
- NORAD catalog number
- 117
- GCAT identifier
- S00117
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Injun
- Owner
- ONR
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- State University of Iowa (Iowa University)
- Platform (bus)
- Injun
Launch
- Date
- June 29, 1961 · 04:23 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 OMISuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 882 km
- Apogee
- 996 km
- Inclination
- 66.82°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 6, 1963
- End of operations
- Mar 6, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 18 kg
- Dry mass
- 18 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 43 kg
- Length
- 0.4 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 0.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9264930 (CC0).