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OPS 1439
OPS 1439 was launched on February 9, 1966 aboard a Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Sep 26, 1969).
COSPAR 1966-009ANORAD 1997United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OPS 1439
- Payload designation
- Project 770 Group 3-D
- Other names
- :C,:P,NRO Mission 7160:CM,Ferret 9:JP
- International designator
- 1966-009A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1997
- GCAT identifier
- S01997
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.132
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SAMOS F-2
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- SAMOS F-2
Launch
- Date
- February 9, 1966 · 19:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 1966-009Success
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 499 km
- Apogee
- 505 km
- Inclination
- 82.08°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- September 26, 1969
- Last known active
- Sep 6, 1966
- End of operations
- Sep 6, 1966
Size
- Mass
- 600 kg
- Dry mass
- 600 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,600 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q139501085 (CC0).