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SCORE

Communications satellite. SCORE was launched on December 18, 1958 aboard a Atlas B from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Jan 21, 1959).

COSPAR 1958 ZETNORAD 10United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: SCORE
Other names: :N,:N
International designator: 1958 ZET
NORAD catalog number: 10
GCAT identifier: S00010

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Defense
Program: SCORE
Owner: ARPA
Country: United States
Builder: US Army Signal Corps Engineering Labs
Platform (bus): SCORE

Launch

Date: December 18, 1958 · 23:02 UTC
Launch record: 1958 ZETSuccess
Rocket: Atlas B
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC11

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LEO/I
Perigee: 159 km
Apogee: 1,187 km
Inclination: 32.29°
Status: Reentered attached to another object
Status date: January 21, 1959
Last known active: Dec 31, 1958
End of operations: Dec 31, 1958

Size

Mass: 68 kg
Dry mass: 68 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 3,718 kg
Length: 2.5 m
Diameter: 1.50 m
Span: 2.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q539769 (CC0).