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Vela 4A
American reconnaissance satellite. Vela 4A was launched on April 28, 1967 aboard a Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (1970).
COSPAR 1967-040ANORAD 2765United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Vela IV-A
- Common name
- Vela 4A
- Payload designation
- Vela 4A
- Other names
- FTV 6638
- International designator
- 1967-040A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2765
- GCAT identifier
- S02765
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.170
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Vela
- Owner
- USAF SSD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- Vela
Launch
- Date
- April 28, 1967 · 10:01 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-040Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 9,194 km
- Apogee
- 110,534 km
- Inclination
- 34.43°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- 1970
- Last known active
- July 1972
- End of operations
- July 1972
Size
- Mass
- 221 kg
- Dry mass
- 221 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 331 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 1.3 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00302
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- 1970
- Phase outcome
- In orbit
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q83277206 (CC0).