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Transit Research and Attitude Control
U.S. Navy satellite. Transit Research and Attitude Control was launched on November 15, 1961 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1961 A ETA 2NORAD 205United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Traac
- Common name
- Transit Research and Attitude Control
- International designator
- 1961 A ETA 2
- NORAD catalog number
- 205
- GCAT identifier
- S00205
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Transit
- Owner
- USN BuWeps
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 4
Launch
- Date
- November 15, 1961 · 22:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 A ETASuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 934 km
- Apogee
- 1,129 km
- Inclination
- 32.43°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 14, 1962
- End of operations
- Aug 14, 1962
Size
- Mass
- 105 kg
- Dry mass
- 105 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q54387 (CC0).