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RM 1
Radiation Meteoroid Satellite. RM 1 was launched on November 9, 1970 aboard a Scout B from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Feb 7, 1971).
COSPAR 1970-094BNORAD 4692United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- RM
- Common name
- RM 1
- International designator
- 1970-094B
- NORAD catalog number
- 4692
- GCAT identifier
- S04692
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.227
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- NASA Small
- Owner
- MSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ling-Temco-Vought Missile Systems
- Platform (bus)
- RM
Launch
- Date
- November 9, 1970 · 06:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1970-094Success
- Rocket
- Scout B
- Spaceport
- Wallops · pad LA3A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 289 km
- Apogee
- 475 km
- Inclination
- 37.43°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- February 7, 1971
- Last known active
- Feb 7, 1971
- End of operations
- Feb 7, 1971
Size
- Mass
- 21 kg
- Dry mass
- 21 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 68 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 1.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113129888 (CC0).