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S3-2
This US Air Force electronics intelligence satellite was launched from Vandenberg AFB aboard a Titan 3D rocket. Not identified as a subsatellite ferret by McDowell.. S3-2 was launched on December 4, 1975 aboard a Titan IIID from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 1, 1978).
COSPAR 1975-114BNORAD 8468United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- S3-2
- Other names
- STP S73-6:PN
- International designator
- 1975-114B
- NORAD catalog number
- 8468
- GCAT identifier
- S08468
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.339
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- STP1
- Owner
- SAMSO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Space Center, Kent
- Platform (bus)
- S3
Launch
- Date
- December 4, 1975 · 20:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1975-114Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIID
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 233 km
- Apogee
- 1,544 km
- Inclination
- 96.28°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 1, 1978
- Last known active
- May 1, 1978
- End of operations
- May 1, 1978
Size
- Mass
- 218 kg
- Dry mass
- 218 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 257 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 50.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113275378 (CC0).