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PAC-A
PAC-A was launched on August 9, 1969 aboard a Thor Delta N from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Apr 28, 1977).
COSPAR 1969-068BNORAD 4066United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PAC
- Common name
- PAC-A
- International designator
- 1969-068B
- NORAD catalog number
- 4066
- GCAT identifier
- S04066
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.217
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Delta Attached
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- Delta Attached
Launch
- Date
- August 9, 1969 · 07:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 1969-068Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta N
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 486 km
- Apogee
- 553 km
- Inclination
- 32.96°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- April 28, 1977
- Last known active
- January 1970
- End of operations
- January 1970
Size
- Mass
- 118 kg
- Dry mass
- 118 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q105828693 (CC0).