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Vela 6B
Vela 6B was one of two spin-stabilized, polyhedral satellites that comprised the sixth launch in the Vela program.. Vela 6B was launched on April 8, 1970 aboard a Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (1990).
COSPAR 1970-027BNORAD 4368United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Vela VI-B
- Common name
- Vela 6B
- Payload designation
- Vela 6B
- Other names
- FTV 7044
- International designator
- 1970-027B
- NORAD catalog number
- 4368
- GCAT identifier
- S04368
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.223
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Vela
- Owner
- SAMSO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- Vela
Launch
- Date
- April 8, 1970 · 10:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 1970-027Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 110,828 km
- Apogee
- 111,978 km
- Inclination
- 32.21°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- 1990
- Last known active
- March 1980
- End of operations
- March 1980
Size
- Mass
- 252 kg
- Dry mass
- 252 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 367 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 1.3 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00690
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- 1990
- Phase outcome
- In orbit
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111863046 (CC0).