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Vela 3A
U.S. reconnaissance satellite. Vela 3A was launched on July 20, 1965 aboard a Atlas Agena D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (1972).
COSPAR 1965-058ANORAD 1458United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Vela III-A
- Common name
- Vela 3A
- Payload designation
- Vela 3A
- Other names
- FTV 6564
- International designator
- 1965-058A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1458
- GCAT identifier
- S01458
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.112
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Vela
- Owner
- USAF SSD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- Vela
Launch
- Date
- July 20, 1965 · 08:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-058Success
- Rocket
- Atlas Agena D
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC13
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 106,366 km
- Apogee
- 115,838 km
- Inclination
- 35.34°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- 1972
- Last known active
- May 21, 1970
- End of operations
- May 21, 1970
Size
- Mass
- 132 kg
- Dry mass
- 132 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 234 kg
- Length
- 1.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 1.4 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00416
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- 1972
- Phase outcome
- In orbit
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14860841 (CC0).