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OPS 6874
OPS 6874 was launched on September 16, 1966 aboard a Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 9, 1968).
COSPAR 1966-083BNORAD 2420United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FANION II
- Common name
- OPS 6874
- Payload designation
- P-11 No. 4406
- Other names
- NRO Mission 7317,OPS 6874
- International designator
- 1966-083B
- NORAD catalog number
- 2420
- GCAT identifier
- S02420
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.149
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- EHH B
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- P-11 ML
Launch
- Date
- September 16, 1966 · 17:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1966-083Success
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/P
- Perigee
- 466 km
- Apogee
- 489 km
- Inclination
- 94.02°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 9, 1968
- Last known active
- Dec 7, 1967
- End of operations
- Dec 7, 1967
Size
- Mass
- 91 kg
- Dry mass
- 91 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 101 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 Q108104241 (CC0).