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Musket Ball
Earth observation satellite. Musket Ball was launched on August 7, 1971 aboard a Atlas F from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 19, 1971).
COSPAR 1971-067DNORAD 5383United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- RTDS
- Common name
- Musket Ball
- Payload designation
- OAR-907
- Other names
- Musketball,STP P70-2:PN
- International designator
- 1971-067D
- NORAD catalog number
- 5383
- GCAT identifier
- S05383
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.242
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV1 A
- Owner
- USAF STP
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- US Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories
- Platform (bus)
- RTDS
Launch
- Date
- August 7, 1971 · 00:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 1971-067Success
- Rocket
- Atlas F
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad BMRSA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/P
- Perigee
- 131 km
- Apogee
- 811 km
- Inclination
- 87.59°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 19, 1971
- Last known active
- Sep 19, 1971
- End of operations
- Sep 19, 1971
Size
- Mass
- 72 kg
- Dry mass
- 72 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6034736 (CC0).