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Designation
Spacetrack catalog number694
COSPAR ID1963-047-A
Name in Spacetrack catalogATLAS CENTAUR 2 R/B

Satellite Details

Orbit 460 x 1,341 km, 30.4°
Category Rocket body
Country/organitisation of origin USA
Intrinsic brightness (Mag) 2.7 (at 1000km distance, 50% illuminated)
Maximum brightness (Mag)-0.7 (at perigee, 100% illuminated)

Launch

Date (UTC) 27 November 1963 19:03
Launch siteCape Canaveral Air Force Station,
United States
Launch vehicle Atlas Centaur

Description

This Centaur-D upper stage was the first liquid hydrogen fuelled rocket to successfully reach orbit.
View from orbit pole
 

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