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Hitchhiker 1
US Air Force satellite. Hitchhiker 1 was launched on June 27, 1963 aboard a Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 12, 2024).
COSPAR 1963-025BNORAD 614United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Hitchhiker II
- Common name
- Hitchhiker 1
- Payload designation
- P-11 No. 4201
- International designator
- 1963-025B
- NORAD catalog number
- 614
- GCAT identifier
- S00614
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.045
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- EHH A
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- P-11
Launch
- Date
- June 27, 1963 · 00:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-025Success
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 331 km
- Apogee
- 4,125 km
- Inclination
- 82.14°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- August 12, 2024
- Last known active
- Sep 14, 1963
- End of operations
- Sep 14, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 95 kg
- Dry mass
- 95 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 126 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 0.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5900716 (CC0).