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GRAB dummy subsatellite
GRAB dummy subsatellite was launched on April 13, 1960 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 17, 1960).
COSPAR 1960 GAM 3NORAD 33United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Dummy subsatellite?
- Common name
- GRAB dummy subsatellite
- International designator
- 1960 GAM 3
- NORAD catalog number
- 33
- GCAT identifier
- S00033
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- GRAB
- Owner
- APL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Dummy
Launch
- Date
- April 13, 1960 · 12:02 UTC
- Launch record
- 1960 GAMSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 285 km
- Apogee
- 663 km
- Inclination
- 51.29°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- July 17, 1960
- Last known active
- Apr 13, 1960
- End of operations
- Apr 13, 1960
Size
- Mass
- 2 kg
- Dry mass
- 2 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q10523607 (CC0).