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Relay 2
Relay 2 was launched on January 21, 1964 aboard a Thor Delta B from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1964-003ANORAD 737United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Relay 2
- Payload designation
- Relay B
- Other names
- NASA A-16:P
- International designator
- 1964-003A
- NORAD catalog number
- 737
- GCAT identifier
- S00737
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.063
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
- January 21, 1964 · 21:14 UTC
- Launch record
- 1964-003Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta B
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 2,090 km
- Apogee
- 7,411 km
- Inclination
- 46.29°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Sep 26, 1965
- End of operations
- Sep 26, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 83 kg
- Dry mass
- 83 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 1.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11834149 (CC0).