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TETR 2
TETR 2 was launched on November 8, 1968 aboard a Thor Delta E1 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 19, 1979).
COSPAR 1968-100BNORAD 3534United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TETR 2
- Payload designation
- ERS 31
- Other names
- TETR B:P
- International designator
- 1968-100B
- NORAD catalog number
- 3534
- GCAT identifier
- S03534
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.201
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TTS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- ORS
Launch
- Date
- November 8, 1968 · 09:46 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-100Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 379 km
- Apogee
- 934 km
- Inclination
- 32.87°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 19, 1979
- Last known active
- December 1968
- End of operations
- December 1968
Size
- Mass
- 18 kg
- Dry mass
- 18 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2847309 (CC0).