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SERT 2A

SERT 2A was launched on February 4, 1970 aboard a Thorad SLV-2G Agena D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit, attached to another object.

COSPAR 1970-009ANORAD 4327United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
SERT 2
Common name
SERT 2A
International designator
1970-009A
NORAD catalog number
4327
GCAT identifier
S04327
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.223

Mission

Mission type
Technology
Use
Civil government
Program
SERT
Country
United States
Builder
NASA Lewis Research Center
Platform (bus)
SERT

Launch

Date
February 4, 1970 · 02:59 UTC
Launch record
1970-009Success
Spaceport
Vandenberg · pad SLC2E

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/S
Perigee
1,020 km
Apogee
1,032 km
Inclination
99.12°
Status
In orbit, attached to another object
Last known active
November 1991
End of operations
November 1991

Size

Mass
591 kg
Dry mass
591 kg
Total mass with attached objects
1,524 kg
Length
1.6 m
Diameter
1.50 m
Span
12.7 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15616582 (CC0).