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Relay 1
Relay 1 was launched on December 13, 1962 aboard a Thor Delta B from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1962 B UPS 1NORAD 503United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Relay 1
- Payload designation
- Relay A
- Other names
- NASA A-15:P
- International designator
- 1962 B UPS 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 503
- GCAT identifier
- S00503
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.026
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Relay
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Relay
Launch
- Date
- December 13, 1962 · 23:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 B UPSSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta B
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 1,323 km
- Apogee
- 7,436 km
- Inclination
- 47.50°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 10, 1965
- End of operations
- Feb 10, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 78 kg
- Dry mass
- 78 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 1.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3540515 (CC0).