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Polar BEAR
U.S. Air Force research satellite. Polar BEAR was launched on November 14, 1986 aboard a Scout G-1 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1986-088ANORAD 17070United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- P87-1
- Common name
- Polar BEAR
- Payload designation
- NNS O-17
- Other names
- Polar BEAR,STP P87-1:PN
- International designator
- 1986-088A
- NORAD catalog number
- 17070
- GCAT identifier
- S17070
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/160
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- NNS P
- Owner
- USAF STP
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 5
Launch
- Date
- November 14, 1986 · 00:23 UTC
- Launch record
- 1986-088Success
- Rocket
- Scout G-1
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 961 km
- Apogee
- 1,020 km
- Inclination
- 89.56°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- October 1992
- End of operations
- October 1992
Size
- Mass
- 114 kg
- Dry mass
- 114 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q25515091 (CC0).