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Pundit 1
American electronic and signal intelligence satellite. Pundit 1 was launched on October 29, 1963 aboard a Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 23, 1965).
COSPAR 1963-042BNORAD 682United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PUNDIT I
- Common name
- Pundit 1
- Payload designation
- P-11 No. 4001
- Other names
- NRO Mission 7301
- International designator
- 1963-042B
- NORAD catalog number
- 682
- GCAT identifier
- S00682
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.054
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- EHH A
- Owner
- NRO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- P-11
Launch
- Date
- October 29, 1963 · 21:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-042Success
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-3-4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/P
- Perigee
- 290 km
- Apogee
- 568 km
- Inclination
- 89.98°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 23, 1965
- Last known active
- May 11, 1965
- End of operations
- May 11, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 72 kg
- Dry mass
- 72 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 82 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 Q9293096 (CC0).