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OSCAR 1
Amateur radio satellite. OSCAR 1 was launched on December 12, 1961 aboard a Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jan 31, 1962).
COSPAR 1961 A KAP 2NORAD 214United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OSCAR 1
- International designator
- 1961 A KAP 2
- NORAD catalog number
- 214
- GCAT identifier
- S00214
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- OSCAR
- Owner
- OSCAR
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Project OSCAR Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- OSCAR
Launch
- Date
- December 12, 1961 · 20:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 A KAPSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 235 km
- Apogee
- 447 km
- Inclination
- 81.21°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- January 31, 1962
- Last known active
- Dec 30, 1961
- End of operations
- Dec 30, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 5 kg
- Dry mass
- 5 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1590475 (CC0).