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Vela 1B
U.S. reconnaissance satellite. Vela 1B was launched on October 17, 1963 aboard a Atlas Agena D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (1980).
COSPAR 1963-039CNORAD 692United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Vela I-B
- Common name
- Vela 1B
- Payload designation
- Vela 1B
- Other names
- FTV 1851
- International designator
- 1963-039C
- NORAD catalog number
- 692
- GCAT identifier
- S00692
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.054
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Vela
- Owner
- USAF SSD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- Vela
Launch
- Date
- October 17, 1963 · 02:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-039Success
- Rocket
- Atlas Agena D
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC13
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 101,925 km
- Apogee
- 116,528 km
- Inclination
- 37.82°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- 1980
- Last known active
- August 1968
- End of operations
- August 1968
Size
- Mass
- 115 kg
- Dry mass
- 115 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 207 kg
- Length
- 1.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 1.4 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00621
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- 1980
- Phase outcome
- In orbit
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9368345 (CC0).